Secure Design Engineer, SEAR
Core
Design and secure Apple's software products across hardware, firmware, kernel, and application layers to protect hundreds of millions of users.
Role type
Senior IC security design engineer
Builds
Secure software for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV
Domain
Consumer electronics / Operating systems / Software security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
threat modeling, security architecture design, agentic coding tools for code review, security vulnerability identification, security control recommendation, OS internals knowledge, exploit trend analysis
Preferred skills
secure software development, SDLC integration, C/C++/Objective-C/Swift programming, agentic software feature security
Technologies
agentic coding tools, C, C++, Objective-C, Swift
Responsibilities
Threat model new features, identify security vulnerabilities in implementation, recommend security controls, evangelize security technologies across the organization, collaborate on hardware and software security designs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
