Apple
Machine Learning Research Engineer, SIML - ISE
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2026
- Education
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related field — or relevant industry experience.
About the job
Develop and adapt multimodal machine-learning models for perception and reasoning, translating product needs into user-facing features across Apple platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop and adapt models and algorithms for multimodal perception and reasoning.
- Run experiments, train models, and analyze performance.
- Work with cross-functional teams to turn product requirements into ML solutions and communicate findings.
What they ask for
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field — or relevant industry experience.
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, or equivalent.
- Practical experience training and evaluating neural networks.
- Familiarity with multimodal learning, vision-language models, or large language models.
Nice to have
- Research contributions demonstrated through publications in top-tier conferences and journals.
- Background in multimodal reasoning, VLM, and MLLM research with impactful software projects.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs)
AI focus
Applied research and engineering for multimodal perception and reasoning, including adapting multimodal models and integrating visual and language data.
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