11 days ago
Haifa, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead vulnerability research across firmware, software, virtualization, and hardware security domains.
- Conduct architecture security reviews, threat modeling, secure code reviews, and red team assessments.
- Develop analysis techniques, fuzzing frameworks, and security research tools.
- Communicate technical findings to executives, engineering leaders, and external stakeholders.
- Mentor and develop security researchers.
- Lead complex investigations and influence product security strategy and technical decisions.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in security research, offensive security, or a related field.
- Proven success identifying significant security vulnerabilities and driving remediation.
- Experience leading complex security research or offensive security projects.
- Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Extensive hands-on experience with C/C++ software development and security analysis.
- Deep understanding of security principles, attack techniques, defensive technologies, and secure system design.
- Ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams or organizations.
- Preferred experience in penetration testing, fuzzing, reverse engineering, exploit development, and static code analysis.
- Preferred expertise in embedded software and firmware security, OS internals, virtualization, compiler behavior, hardware security, side-channel analysis, and trusted execution environments.
- Knowledge of Intel Architecture and virtualization technologies including VMX and TDX.
- Preferred record of published research, CVEs, conference presentations, or other recognized security contributions.
- Fluency in English.
Benefits
- Eligible for a hybrid work model allowing time between the assigned Intel site and off-site work.
- Primary location is Haifa, Israel; Shift 1.
About Intel
Intel is a public semiconductor company that designs and manufactures CPUs and other silicon for PCs, servers, networking, edge, and embedded systems, and also offers foundry services plus AI and graphics accelerators. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it sells primarily to OEMs, cloud providers, and device makers worldwide. Its portfolio includes x86 processors (Core and Xeon), Ethernet and chipset products, and the Mobileye autonomous driving platform.