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