Embedded Software Engineer, Anti-Tamper

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are looking for Embedded Software Anti-Tamper Engineers to drive a mission-focused, threat-informed approach to Program Protection Engineering for the next generation of Anduril's embedded and autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and firmware for security-sensitive systems on embedded platforms.
• Implement boot and run-time Anti-Tamper functionality.
• Apply cryptographic mechanisms for authentication, encryption, integrity, and key handling.
• Support board bring-up, hardware-software integration, and low-level debugging across boot, initialization, peripheral interfaces, and device communication.
• Work with Hardware, FPGA, Systems, and Security engineers to integrate trusted platform features across SoCs, FPGA-based devices, and related components.
• Design, document, implement, and validate security-critical features.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with safety and security-critical embedded software and/or firmware engineering.
• Understanding and application of cryptography.
• Experience working with embedded platforms that may include SoCs, FPGAs, and hardware security-relevant components.
• Experience in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Rust.
• Current U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems.
• Experience with Nix and NixOS.
• Experience with Industry-standard embedded software toolchains.
• Experience with Linux as a development environment.
• Embedded security and Anti-Tamper architecture, design and implementation.
• Experience reviewing chain of trust systems, key lifecycle management designs, isolation architectures, or tamper resistant platform designs.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, industrial control, or other mission-critical embedded environments.

Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and overall well-being.