320K–405K USD / year
Autonomous Systems Security Engineer
OtherHybrid — San Francisco, California, United States
Published on 2026-10-27
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About this role
Own autonomous security and inspection systems across Anthropic-operated and partner data center sites. Select and integrate platforms, sensors, and monitoring tools; establish operational, security, and regulatory controls; and run the systems as a reliable part of critical infrastructure security.
About the company
Anthropic builds reliable and interpretable AI systems, including the Claude family of models, for businesses and developers. The company focuses on AI safety research and practical AI assistants for enterprise and consumer use.
The team
Data Center Security Engineering (DCSE)
Stack
ClaudeGitvendor APIsSDKsRF sensorsradaroptical sensors
What you'll do
- Select, integrate, operate, and maintain drones, ground robots, and other autonomous platforms.
- Build integrations and automation that bring detections, telemetry, and fleet health into security monitoring.
- Develop detection and evidence-handling processes for uncrewed systems near sites.
- Secure automated vehicles and robots operating within secure areas.
- Set site-specific operating constraints and coordinate required approvals with authorities.
- Define and test health monitoring, lost-link alerts, and fail-secure behavior.
- Write vendor requirements and evaluate systems against live flights and runs.
What we're looking for
- Hands-on experience engineering autonomous or sensing systems used in a real operation.
- Experience integrating vendor systems and telemetry into platforms designed to outlast individual components.
- Ability to review code, design data systems, and build automation using Git and code review.
- Experience supporting data centers, critical infrastructure, or large hardware fleets.
- Experience making engineering decisions under regulatory or safety constraints.
- Ability to own a domain end to end and operate it with vendors, site operators, partners, and authorities.
Nice to have
- FAA Part 107 certification or experience with beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight under a waiver or exemption.
- Experience with counter-UAS detection, airspace surveillance, or air traffic data systems.
- Experience operating industrial, logistics, or data center robot and drone fleets.
- Experience securing embedded, operational technology, or robotic systems.
- Experience with large-site physical security, law enforcement, aviation authorities, or cloud and colocation operators.
- Experience building AI agents or automation that replaces recurring manual work.