Product Safety Counsel
Cupertino, California, United States
Corporate Functions
Summary
Posted: Oct 10, 2025
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200625178-0836
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
Do you love Apple products? Do you love solving problems? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced and exciting environment? Do you enjoy working on matters that touch customers all over the world? As a part of our legal team, you'll help uphold Apple's high ethical and corporate standards and provide legal support for all our products across the globe. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you'll be challenged to creatively apply your expertise to rare and often unexplored areas of the law.
You'll work with Apple's engineering, operations, and marketing teams to help create and introduce Apple products to the world. With passion, dedication, and a desire to tackle challenges, you will play a crucial role as we provide the legal support needed for Apple to continue to build cutting-edge technologies.
Description
You will join a team of attorneys who advise Apple's product integrity, engineering, customer support, operations, marketing, regulatory compliance, and risk management teams on a wide range of issues. This is an opportunity to apply your skills in a non-litigation setting, broaden your advisory range, and forge creative solutions to help the company mitigate risk, resolve disputes, and manage regulatory compliance. You will support various functional groups with legal guidance on product integrity and compliance issues arising in new product development. You'll strategize, draft, and coordinate responses to agency inquiries, investigations, and document requests. You'll support AppleCare, Executive Relations, and Risk Management in resolving customer issues, and manage outside counsel in the investigation, defense, and resolution of pre-litigation claims. You will also advise Apple management on risk allocation/mitigation, business strategies, and policies.
Minimum Qualifications
JD degree or equivalent and admission to at least one US state bar
2+ years of experience in product liability litigation and/or product safety regulatory investigations
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with product counseling, consumer law, and product regulatory issues
Ability to handle your own high-volume workload on day-to-day matters
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple range of matters supporting multiple cross-functional teams
Ability to distill complex legal concepts into practical guidance for non-lawyers
Crisp and clear communication style
Ability to advise executive management, and facilitate teamwork by cultivating relationships, counseling, collaborating, and effectively communicating with teammates and cross-functional partners
Positive attitude
Ability to see beyond the precise question asked to larger issues and implications
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $200,700 and $301,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\EEOC\KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .
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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\EEOC\KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .
Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.
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