Technical Director, Platform Security Engineering

$228,000 - $342,000/Yr

Anduril Industries - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Director of Platform Security Engineering at Anduril Industries is responsible for architecting and implementing critical security features across advanced technologies, including AI systems and command and control platforms. This role involves leading the technical security strategy and ensuring mission assurance through hands-on security architecture and engineering leadership. The position is pivotal in enhancing the security posture of Anduril's products and systems, making it a key component of the company's platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and maturation of security features for Anduril's products
• Collaborate and build solutions with engineering teams to meet and exceed industry-standard security goals
• Build a strong partnership with Anduril's Platform Engineering teams to develop and execute a well-aligned roadmap
• Engage with teams to remediate uncovered weaknesses in designs, implementations, integrations, and processes
• Own processes that include both pre-market and post-market processes engineering teams leverage throughout the product development lifecycle
• Design and develop embedded system security software

Requirements

• Strategic vision and technical depth, maintaining active involvement in security architecture and implementation
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Golang, Rust, Python)
• Experience assessing security of firmware, applications, network, IoT, or embedded systems
• Experience developing features for and improving security of firmware, applications, network, or embedded systems
• Experience building, testing, and delivering production-ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• Familiarity with anti-tamper and reverse engineering mechanisms
• Experience in Platform security engineering and secure SDLC implementation
• Strong and professional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated commitment to practical, mission-enabling security solutions
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a US TS clearance
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with security architectures of embedded, aerospace, or cyber-physical systems
• Experience with programmable logic devices and their development tools
• Knowledge of cyber threat actors, their TTPs, and their implications for weapon and space system operations
• Regularly builds, tests, and delivers production-ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• Experience conducting incident response in cloud systems and embedded systems

Benefits

• Platinum Benefits: top tier coverage (medical, dental, vision, life)
• 16 Weeks paid parental leave for all caregivers
• Comprehensive family planning support including fertility planning and treatment, adoption support, gestational carrier support, and fertility preservation
• Unlimited Provisions: healthy meals and snacks at every office
• Commuter benefits depending on region
• Relocation assistance
• Unlimited and Incentivized Time Off