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The Software Development Engineer - Security, Core OS joins the Core Platform team within the CoreOS organization to enhance firmware security across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Home products. This role involves implementing security patches, contributing to software and hardware roadmaps for new security features, and auditing security critical code and hardware. The engineer will create tools to automate security verification and testing, improve firmware architecture and APIs, and deploy mitigations for embedded environments. Key responsibilities include extending secure boot technologies and collaborating with testing organizations to fuzz for vulnerabilities. Required skills include experience with secure boot, cryptographic applications, secure coding, and code auditing. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of modern processor architecture, kernel programming, and designing systems with security in mind to address emerging exploit types.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?
Median $197750 from 81 postings across 10 companies.
Implement security patches in coordination with Product and System Security teams.
Contribute to the software and hardware roadmap for new security features across multiple platforms.
Audit security-critical code and hardware to review and implement necessary patches.
Create tools to automate security verification and testing processes.
Improve firmware architecture and APIs to integrate security into the core system.
Deploy security mitigations specifically designed for embedded environments.
Extend secure boot technologies in coordination with multi-functional teams.
Collaborate with testing organizations to verify security features and fuzz for vulnerabilities.
What we're looking for
A passion for embedded development and security.
Understanding of software vulnerabilities and mitigations.
Experience with secure boot and related cryptographic applications for platform security, principles, and use of cryptographic primitives and protocols.
Background in secure coding and code auditing.
Direct experience in the overlap between software and hardware security, and firmware/software technologies (preferred).
Familiarity with modern processor architecture (preferred).
Experience designing and architecting systems with security in mind (preferred).
Understanding of past, current, and emerging security exploit types (preferred).
Experience in creating working proof of concepts from found vulnerabilities on systems with advanced anti-tamper (preferred).