Apple
Multimodal LLMs Research Engineer
$150K–$278K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Develop multimodal foundation models and advance applied research in multimodal LLMs, computer vision, and machine perception for Apple products.
What you'll do
- Develop, train, and fine-tune multimodal foundation models.
- Work with cross-functional partners to define data and infrastructure requirements for model evaluation.
- Apply advances in AI, machine learning, and computer vision; publish papers and/or patents when appropriate.
What they ask for
- BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Track record demonstrated through publications, patents, and/or shipped relevant features.
- Strong Python programming experience.
- Strong PyTorch and/or JAX programming experience; ability to use AI code development tools effectively.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. with relevant research background or M.S. with relevant industry experience; strong publication record in relevant venues.
- Technical leadership experience or experience shipping MM-LLMs in products.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX
AI focus
Research and development of multimodal LLMs, including model training and fine-tuning, agentic AI, reasoning, and large-scale model evaluation.
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