Drimva

Apple

Machine Learning/Operations Research Engineer

$150K–$278K

Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026

Education
Master’s degree or PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.

About the job

Applies mathematical modeling, optimization, simulation, and data analytics to improve manufacturing operations, factory throughput, supply chain strategies, and costs.

What you'll do

  • Develop optimization models for factory and supply chain metrics, including capacity, yield, cycle times, costs, throughput, and scheduling.
  • Build and maintain simulation models (“digital twins”) of assembly lines to identify bottlenecks and evaluate capacity scenarios.
  • Integrate operational data sources to generate actionable manufacturing insights.

What they ask for

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Proficiency with solvers and modeling languages such as Gurobi, CPLEX, CP-SAT, Pyomo, and GAMS.
  • Hands-on experience with simulation platforms such as Arena, FlexSim, SimPy, and AnyLogic.
  • Experience with machine learning platforms such as PyTorch and Scikit-learn; strong communication and presentation skills.

Nice to have

  • Experience building GenAI applications with agents and agentic workflows; LLM and LMM development or fine-tuning.
  • Familiarity with GenAI tools, distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, Apache Airflow (DAG), Docker, Conductor, and Ray.

Pay

$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary

Tools

Gurobi, CPLEX, CP-SAT, Pyomo, GAMS, Arena, FlexSim, SimPy

AI focus

Uses machine learning platforms; preferred work includes building GenAI applications with agents and agentic workflows, and developing or fine-tuning LLMs and LMMs.

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