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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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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)