Senior Offensive Security Engineer

Anduril Industries; Washington; On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Offensive Security Engineer to grow the product security practice. You will conduct security architecture reviews, understand threats to hardware and software, and collaborate with engineering teams to harden products.

The role emphasizes hands-on offensive security, red team capabilities, and working across embedded systems, software, and hardware, with a U.S. Secret clearance eligibility requirement.

Qualifications

• Experience assessing security posture of software, hardware, and embedded systems.
• Proven experience leading offensive security engagements.
• Proficient with cloud and container environments (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes) and mobile security.

Responsibilities

• Assess security posture of Anduril software, hardware, and firmware.
• Advise teams on real-world attack vectors and mitigate accordingly.
• Plan and execute red team campaigns and develop capabilities.

Skills

Security assessment

Offensive security

Cloud & Kubernetes

Mobile security

Programming languages

Communication

Security clearance

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We're seeking an Senior Offensive Security Engineer to grow Anduril's offensive security practice within our Product Security organization. The ideal candidate has a background in software or systems engineering and has pivoted to product or offensive security. They will be able to conduct complex security architecture reviews, understand modern threats and exploits against both hardware and software, and are capable of working hand in hand with engineering teams to build resiliency into Anduril products.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Assesses security posture of both Anduril built software, hardware and firmware as well as the third party components used in our products
• Provides expertise to other Anduril teams on real-world attack vectors and works with appropriate team members to implement and test mitigations
• Plans for, builds and maintains capabilities needed to execute red team projects

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience assessing the security posture of everything from web applications to hardware and embedded systems
• Experience leading offensive security engagements
• Experience with assessment of cloud based and containerized environments (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes)
• Experience assessing and improving the the security of mobile devices (Android and/or iOS)
• Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Rust, C/C++, Golang, Swift)
• Strong and professional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excels at the above listed requirements
• Experience building custom tooling to assist in offensive security activities
• Experience weaponizing vulnerabilities to provide unique capabilities
• Familiarity with security architectures of robot platforms (consumer or otherwise), aerospace, and physical systems
• Experience developing features for and improving security of mobile applications, networks, or embedded systems
• Familiarity with mobile device exploitation techniques
• Familiarity with anti-tamper and reverse engineering mechanisms
• Regularly builds, tests, and delivers production-ready systems, especially for embedded and/or mobile

US Salary Range

$166,000—$220,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Data Privacy

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By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third‑party service provider to conduct pre‑employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third‑party service provider provides risk‑intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public‑record information, and other lawful open‑source or commercial data sources. This third‑party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.