Offensive Security Research Manager

Apples Security Engineering u0026 Architecture organization is responsible for the security of all Apple products. Passionate about safeguarding our users we take an offensive approach to defense finding and fixing vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. When it comes to securing more than a billion devices running the worlds most sophisticated operating systems that means finding vulnerabilities you make a difference on this scale Join our extraordinary team of security researchers and help protect all Apple users.

We engage in various 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 Apples product security. Our scope spans the full stack from silicon boot ROMs and firmware to kernels browsers messaging applications and an Offensive Security Research Manager you will lead a team of security researchers working across these domains. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing team setting technical direction and ensuring your teams work has maximum impact on Apples product security. You will help your engineers grow technically and professionally remove obstacles and create an environment where ambitious research can will also play a key role in defining research priorities coordinating with partner teams across Apple and communicating your teams findings and strategy to senior leadership. This role requires someone who can bridge deep technical expertise with strong people management someone who understands the work empowers the people doing it and keeps the team focused on what matters this is you wed love to hear from -office roles in Paris Cupertino and other locations.

Demonstrated experience leading and growing teams of offensive security researchers or engineersnBroad technical understanding of vulnerability research exploitation techniques and security tooling across multiple domains (e.g. browsers messaging kernels firmware embedded systems)nProven ability to define and drive a technical strategy while balancing short-term deliverables with long-term research goalsnOutstanding communication and collaboration skills with experience partnering across engineering organizations

Hands-on background in offensive security research or exploitationnExperience managing teams working across different security domains and locations and balancing priorities accordinglynTrack record of recruiting mentoring and retaining top security talentnAbility to apply AI techniques and tools such as LLMs or Machine Learning to scale security researchnFamiliarity with Apple operating systems like iOS or macOS is nice-to-have but not required