Firmware Security Researcher, SEAR

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead research and analysis to identify vulnerabilities in firmware and embedded systems, invent defensive technologies, and drive security mitigations for Apple's products.

Role type

Senior IC firmware security researcher

Builds

Secure runtime environments for firmware, constrained, and isolated compute environments

Domain

Consumer electronics security (Apple ecosystem)

Required skills

firmware and embedded system technologies, secure programming, code auditing, modern anti-exploitation mitigations, systems programming (C/C++), reverse engineering

Preferred skills

AI in security engineering, threat modelling complex systems, software exploitation, operating system internals (macOS/iOS/UNIX), memory safe programming

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