Manager, Product Security Foundations

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
108 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $193k
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This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $167,280–$227,475 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Manager, Product Security Foundations

As Manager, Product Security Foundations, you will lead and manage a security engineering team dedicated to delivering reusable, foundational security components for the company's product portfolio. You will own the development of the security roadmap, conduct complex architecture reviews, and collaborate with engineering teams to build resilience against modern cyber threats. Your daily work involves remediating weaknesses in designs and processes while ensuring products meet industry-standard security goals. The role requires expertise in platform security, including firmware, applications, networks, IoT, and embedded systems. You will utilize programming languages such as C/C++, Golang, Rust, or Python to build production-ready systems for Linux environments. Key technical areas include anti-tamper mechanisms, reverse engineering, secure SDLC implementation, and securing complex, AI-native cyber-physical systems. This role addresses the critical challenge of protecting hardware and software against sophisticated adversaries in defense contexts.

What you'll do

  • Manage a security engineering team to deliver reusable, foundational security components for products.
  • Develop and mature the security roadmap for all Anduril products.
  • Conduct complex security architecture reviews to identify and mitigate hardware and software exploits.
  • Build resilient systems capable of defending against modern cyber threats.
  • Remediate weaknesses in designs, implementations, integrations, and internal processes.
  • Manage pre-market and post-market engineering processes throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Implement critical features to ensure products meet or exceed industry-standard security goals.

What we're looking for

  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.
  • Background in electrical or software engineering with a focus on platform security.
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C/C++, Golang, Rust, or Python.
  • Experience building, testing, and delivering production-ready systems for embedded or Linux environments.
  • Experience assessing and developing features for firmware, applications, networks, IoT, or embedded systems.
  • Familiarity with anti-tamper mechanisms and reverse engineering.
  • Experience in platform security engineering and secure SDLC implementation.
  • Strong professional communication skills and a commitment to practical, mission-enabling security solutions.

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