Apple
AI Application Engineer
$175K–$325K
San Diego Metro Area, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- San Diego Metro Area, California
San Francisco Bay Area, California - Experience
- Minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience; preferred: 5+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years developing AI-powered applications.
- Education
- BS; preferred: Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and deploy AI-powered tools and platforms that improve hardware engineering design and system integration workflows across Apple products.
What you'll do
- Shape the team’s AI technical foundation and roadmap; identify workflow opportunities and scope solutions with hardware teams.
- Evaluate and integrate enterprise AI solutions and models, and build custom end-to-end software where existing platforms fall short.
- Deploy and support AI tools, including user interfaces, for hardware engineering teams.
What they ask for
- BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
- Strong understanding of generative AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs).
- Proficiency in Python.
- Excellent software engineering skills, including modular and object-oriented design methodology and general SW best practices.
Nice to have
- Experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems and integrating enterprise AI platforms.
- Experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn); sensing systems or hardware integration is also relevant.
Pay
$175,000 to $308,500 USD base salary; $184,700 to $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
Python, LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn
AI focus
Apply AI/ML and LLMs to hardware engineering workflows, including model evaluation and integration, intelligent agents, custom AI solutions, and production-ready tools.
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