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Senior Compliance Engineer
Role at a glance
- Category
- Compliance
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California
- Salary range
- $146,000
- Posted
- Jun 13, 2026
Anduril Industries is hiring a Senior Compliance Engineer in Costa Mesa, California. This is a Compliance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $146,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with Anduril Industries.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE TEAM The Corporate Assurance Team manages enterprise cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) by implementing and operationalizing global compliance frameworks across Anduril s corporate and product environments. The team serves as the bridge between regulatory requirements and engineering execution, ensuring that Anduril s rapidly evolving technology stack meets the highest standards of security and compliance. ABOUT THE JOB The Compliance Engineer is a technically hands-on role responsible for driving automation, compliance, and security engineering principles into the design, integration, and operation of Anduril s internal systems. This individual will be instrumental in securing Anduril s software development process by translating complex compliance requirements into scalable, automated, and developer-friendly solutions. The ideal candidate brings a DevSecOps background with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure security, embedded systems security, and federal compliance frameworks. They are equally comfortable writing Terraform modules as they are interpreting NIST controls, and they thrive at the intersection of security policy and engineering execution. This is not a paperwork-driven compliance role. This is a builder s role. You will architect and automate compliance infrastructure that enables Anduril s engineering teams to deploy secure, compliant applications by default — removing bottlenecks rather than creating them. WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS At Anduril, compliance is not a checkbox — it is an engineering discipline. The Compliance Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring that Anduril can move fast without compromising the security and regulatory posture required to serve national defense missions. By building
Full responsibilities and requirements are on Anduril Industries's application page.
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This role is based in Costa Mesa, California on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Anduril Industries's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.
About compliance roles
Compliance programs turn law, regulation, and policy into controls the business can actually run. Demand is strongest where regulatory change, enforcement risk, and new technology intersect. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as relevant regulatory frameworks, control libraries, and audit and monitoring practices.
How to position yourself for this compliance role
Strong candidates emphasize building and monitoring controls, regulatory mapping, policy and training, and partnering with the business to make compliance practical. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Anduril Industries would apply relevant regulatory frameworks, control libraries, and audit and monitoring practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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