Senior Software Engineer (Android VMs)

Anduril • Bellevue, WA

19h

About The Position

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, and harden Android VMs running on crosvm and contribute to our platform security work. You'll work across the virtualization stack, from the VMM and guest kernel to secure boot and the platform security features that anchor them, to deliver production-quality, security-hardened Android VMs. You'll own hard problems end to end, collaborate with platform and security teams, and set the technical direction for how we run Android securely in a virtual machine.

Requirements

• Strong systems programming in C/C++ and Rust, including low-level work with memory safety, concurrency, and performance under real constraints
• Hands-on experience with crosvm (or a comparable VMM such as QEMU/rust-vmm/Firecracker): device models, virtio, VM lifecycle, and VMM configuration
• Solid understanding of virtualization and hardware-assisted virtualization (KVM, guest/host memory management, vCPUs, MMIO/IOMMU, virtio transport)
• Android VM security knowledge: guest/host isolation, sandboxing of VMM/device backends, and the guest-to-host attack surface
• Android platform security fundamentals: SELinux/sandboxing, verified boot (AVB/dm-verity), keystore/KeyMint, and the Android trust model
• Secure boot and chain-of-trust: measured vs. verified boot, signing and key management, rollback protection, and root-of-trust concepts
• Comfortable working from specifications, kernel/driver source, and register-level documentation
• Ability to debug low-level systems issues (kernel logs, ftrace/perf, gdb, VMM tracing/logging) across host and guest
• Git proficiency
• Eligibility: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Android Virtualization Framework (AVF), pVM/protected VMs, or microdroid
• Guest and host Linux kernel development: drivers, virtio backends/frontends, and kernel debugging
• TEE / TrustZone experience and integration with a hardware root of trust
• Bootloader work in the Android ecosystem (U-Boot, ABL, or equivalent) and secure boot bring-up
• Cryptographic key provisioning, attestation, and lifecycle management for VMs and devices
• Familiarity with fuzzing, sandboxing frameworks (seccomp/minijail), and hardening techniques for VMMs
• CI for systems/kernel builds and automated VM image testing
• Qualcomm platform security experience: Secure Boot, QFPROM/eFuses, TrustZone/QTEE, and the Qualcomm secure boot chain (PBL/SBL/XBL)
• Experience bringing up Qualcomm platform security from scratch: fuse provisioning, signing infrastructure, and enabling secure boot on new silicon or a new board
• Familiarity with SoC-level root-of-trust, secure debug/authenticated debug, and anti-rollback on Qualcomm platforms
• Contributions to AOSP, crosvm, rust-vmm, or the upstream Linux kernel
• Experience with Android CTS/VTS or comparable platform compliance and validation

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Android VMs running on crosvm, including VMM configuration, device models (virtio), and guest/host integration
• Bring up and boot Android guest images inside a VM: kernel, bootloader, init, and Android framework layers
• Harden the virtualization boundary: reduce attack surface, sandbox device backends, and reason about guest-to-host and host-to-guest threat models
• Implement and validate secure boot and chain-of-trust for the VM (measured/verified boot, key management, rollback protection)
• Analyze and mitigate Android VM security issues; contribute to threat modeling, security reviews, and vulnerability remediation
• Debug across the stack — hypervisor/VMM, guest kernel, and Android userspace — using the appropriate tooling for each layer
• Collaborate with platform, kernel, and security teams to isolate and resolve issues that span hardware, firmware, and software
• Document architecture, security properties, trust boundaries, and design decisions

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed