Senior Software Engineer (Android VMs)

ABOUT THE TEAM
Connected Warfare (CW): The Connected Warfare simulaivision builds systems to support global command and control missions. We create joint time sensitive multi domain ubiquitous connected mesh ecosystems. Our ecosystem enables connected warfare with disproportional impact by connecting every mac robot human and sensor in every domain bringing together hundreds of thousands of end points across the globe. We are the substrate that provides the source of truth for time sensitive decision effectively transforming the way that militaries close kills chains and enable mission autonomy.

Warfighter Systems (WS): Warfighter Systems brings cutting-edge technology directly to those on the front lines. Wearable tech immersive mission command tools and seamlessly integrated software and hardware create an ecosystem that enhances situational awareness survivability and combat effectiveness. From training to battlefield operations Andurils Warfighter Systems organization designs tools that move at the speed of war ensuring that soldiers are better connected more lethal and more resilient.

ABOUT THE JOB
Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design implement and harden Android VMs running on crosvm and contribute to our platform security work. Youll 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. Youll 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.

What Youll Do

• 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

Required Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Nice to have

• 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

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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