Apple
AIML - Applied ML Research Scientist - Accessibility, Human Centered Machine Intelligence
$167K–$251K
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
About the job
Conduct applied ML research on accessibility challenges, evaluate human-centered applications, and partner with product teams to bring research into Apple features.
What you'll do
- Develop and evaluate ML modeling approaches for accessibility problems.
- Assess ML-powered applications using human-centered methods and collaborate with product teams to ship research-based features.
- Share research internally and publish in leading ML and HCI venues.
What they ask for
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
- Research depth in at least one of: multimodal modeling, agentic systems and tool use, computer vision, speech, or foundation model post-training and evaluation.
- Publication and research record commensurate with seniority.
- History of translating research into tools, datasets, or products, or strong potential to do so.
Nice to have
- Research experience in accessibility or demonstrated commitment to accessibility.
- Experience in data collection or curation, human-centered evaluation, or developing and shipping ML products; strong writing and presentation skills.
Pay
$166,600 and $250,700 USD base salary
AI focus
Applied ML research for accessibility, including multimodal reasoning, agentic systems and multi-turn interaction, contextual understanding, privacy-preserving ML, and synthetic data and evaluation methods.
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