Apple
AIML - Machine Learning Manager, Red Teaming - Responsible AI and Safety
San Francisco Bay Area, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2026
- Education
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field; or an equivalent qualification acquired through other avenues.
About the job
Lead an independent AI red-teaming program that probes Apple Intelligence features for safety and security vulnerabilities, and builds the team, partnerships, and capabilities to support it.
What you'll do
- Build and lead red-teaming engineers and set an independent agenda for active vulnerability discovery.
- Own coverage across pre-ship qualification, post-ship monitoring, and foundation model red-teaming; coordinate escalation and external partnerships.
- Define and report program success criteria, provide technical direction on automated red-teaming, and communicate impact to leadership.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field, or an equivalent qualification acquired through other avenues.
- Experience with generative models for evaluation and/or product development, and current knowledge of common challenges and failures.
- Strong engineering skills and experience writing production-quality code in Python.
- Deep experience in foundation model-based AI programming and experience with noisy, crowd-based data labels and human evaluations.
Nice to have
- Publication record in relevant conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or EMNLP.
- Experience in Responsible AI or AI Safety; organizational and operational skills with large, multifunctional teams; or interest in fairness and bias.
Tools
Python, DSPy
AI focus
AI safety and security red-teaming: actively discovering vulnerabilities in generative AI systems, including automated red-teaming and coverage of Apple Intelligence features and foundation models.
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