Principal Software Engineer, Platform Security

We're looking for a principal-level engineer to serve as a technical leader for platform security across Anduril. This role combines deep expertise in cryptography, systems security, and secure architecture with the ability to drive security strategy across business lines and the platform.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the technical vision and architecture for platform security across Anduril's product ecosystem
• Design cryptographic systems, protocols, and key management architectures for autonomous and robotic platforms operating in contested and disconnected environments
• Lead the design of hardware root-of-trust architectures integrating TPMs, TEEs, HSMs, and secure boot across diverse embedded platforms
• Drive the strategy for promoting business-line security implementations into shared, composable platform services
• Serve as the senior technical authority for security architecture reviews across the organization, providing definitive guidance on cryptographic design, protocol security, and system hardening
• Define security patterns, reference architectures, and engineering standards that enable teams across Anduril to build securely and independently
• Mentor and develop senior engineers on the team, raising the bar for security engineering across the organization
• Represent Anduril's security engineering capabilities to customers, partners, and auditors when deep technical credibility is required
• Evaluate emerging threats, cryptographic standards, and security technologies, driving adoption where they strengthen the platform

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant depth in systems security and cryptography
• Expert-level knowledge of cryptographic protocol design, including key management architectures, certificate systems, and cryptographic agility
• Deep experience with hardware security: TPM, TEE, HSM, secure boot, and hardware root-of-trust design across multiple platform types
• Proficient in two or more of: C++, Rust, Go
• Experience designing security architectures for embedded, real-time, or robotic systems with constrained environments
• Track record of leading cross-organizational technical initiatives and driving architectural decisions that span multiple teams
• Strong ability to communicate complex security concepts to engineering leadership, product teams, and external stakeholders
• Experience performing and leading threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and cryptographic design reviews
• Eligible to obtain and maintain active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with post-quantum cryptography, distributed key generation (DKG), or threshold cryptographic schemes
• Background in defense, aerospace, or autonomous systems with exposure to FIPS 140, Common Criteria, or NSA CSfC requirements
• Experience designing secure communication protocols for autonomous platforms or mesh networks
• Deep knowledge of Linux kernel security, mandatory access controls (SELinux/AppArmor), and OS hardening at scale
• Experience building and evolving platform security services consumed by dozens of teams
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (STIGs, NIST 800-53, CMMC) and translating them into engineering controls that don't compromise developer velocity
• Publications, patents, or recognized contributions in cryptography or systems security
• Experience with Nix build systems and reproducible build pipelines for security-critical software

US Salary Range: $254,000-$336,000 USD