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Offensive Security - Researcher

Apple
Cupertino, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 2/26/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Offensive Security - Researcher position at Apple?

Summary

Apple's Security Engineering & Architecture organization is responsible for the security of all Apple products. Passionate about safeguarding our users, we believe that the best defense requires a great offense. When it comes to securing more than a billion devices running the world's most sophisticated operating systems, that means finding vulnerabilities first.

Can you make a difference on this scale? Join our extraordinary team of security researchers and help protect all Apple users.

Description

We engage in diverse activities, including vulnerability research, binary exploitation, security tooling development, fuzzing, machine learning, and many more. By developing and harnessing state-of-the-art technologies, we amplify our impact on Apple's product security.

We cover a wide range of specialities, including operating systems, firmware, microarchitecture, hardware, browser, messaging applications, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, baseband, physical attacks including side-channel and fault injection, incident response, and more. As a member of our group, your primary responsibility will be to conduct offensive security research in one or more of these areas, often in cross-functional teams.

This job is for individuals with outstanding technical skills, grit, and a genuine passion for breaking systems.

If this is you, we'd love to hear from you.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Offensive security research experience
  • Strong understanding of common vulnerability classes and exploitation techniques
  • Creative and effective problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Outstanding collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to apply AI techniques and tools, such as LLM or Machine Learning, for security research
  • Fluency with tool development, using programming languages such as C, C , Python, Swift, or Objective-C
  • Experience with reverse-engineering techniques and tools like IDA or Ghidra
  • Knowledge of Apple operating systems like iOS or macOS is nice-to-have, but not required

Pay & Benefits

This posting is not for a specific job opening and by submitting your resume you are expressing interest in being contacted about this type of role at Apple in the future.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

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