Senior Physical Security Systems Engineer, Data Center

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Staff / Senior Physical Security Systems Engineer to design and verify security systems for data center footprints in a remote-friendly, travel-required role in San Francisco, CA. You will own the reference design package, set site requirements, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure tested performance against defined criteria.

The role emphasizes designing perimeter barriers, intrusion detection, video, lighting, and operational control room specs, with

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience carrying a physical security design from construction documents through acceptance testing.
• Knowledge of standoff, hostile vehicle mitigation and intrusion zoning.

Responsibilities

• Produce vendor-ready design packages for perimeter barriers, intrusion detection, and video.
• Define site engineering basis with risk-based requirements and compensating controls.
• Write acceptance criteria and test methods for each requirement.
• Oversee field verification, commissioning, and acceptance testing.
• Develop and maintain the security operations control room requirements and test them.
• Collaborate with design, construction, and real estate teams and vendors.

Skills

Physical security design

Site security engineering

Test method development

Vendor collaboration

Field verification

Reading/construction docs

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Staff / Senior Physical Security Systems Engineer to design and verify security systems for data center footprints in a remote-friendly, travel-required role in San Francisco, CA. You will own the reference design package, set site requirements, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure tested performance against defined criteria.

The role emphasizes designing perimeter barriers, intrusion detection, video, lighting, and operational control room specs, with