Senior Product Security Engineer (Applications)

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.

Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Senior Product Security Engineer

As a Senior Product Security Engineer, you will help secure both the software and embedded components that power our systems. This hybrid role focuses primarily on product/application security while contributing to embedded security reviews where software and hardware intersect. You will guide secure design, evaluate critical components, and partner closely with engineering teams across the stack to ensure our products are secure by default. This role does not expect deep hardware hacking but requires a broad security mindset to provide expertise where embedded systems and software meet.

Role

• Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, and design-level risk assessments for both application and embedded system components.

• Conduct secure code reviews for critical modules in Python and C/C++, supporting secure coding practices across all engineering teams.

• Evaluate cryptographic usage, authentication/authorization flows, and

Department: 3406 Cybersecurity