Apple
Senior Exercise Physiologist - Health AIML
$216K–$362K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- MS or Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Sports Science, or a related field (or equivalent qualification); alternatively, an active clinical license (MD or DO, DPT, RD, NP, or PA) with equivalent depth in exercise and physical activity.
About the job
Defines evidence-based physical activity guidance and evaluation standards, assesses generated health and fitness content, and works with technical and clinical teams to improve it.
What you'll do
- Write standards and evaluation criteria for Apple’s health and fitness work.
- Review and adjudicate model outputs against explicit standards, translating findings into specific changes.
- Collaborate with machine learning engineers, data scientists, and clinicians to apply physiology and research evidence.
What they ask for
- 10+ years applying exercise, physical activity, or human performance evidence with people.
- Experience translating research into written standards, guidelines, rubrics, or evaluation criteria.
- Experience evaluating generated content at volume against explicit standards and turning findings into specific changes.
- Experience working directly with code and data, including running Python scripts or notebooks and using a shared code repository.
Nice to have
- Experience defining quality, safety, or evaluation criteria for machine learning systems and working with engineers on scoring.
- Experience across multiple populations or with behavior-change research.
Pay
$216,400 and $361,500 (base salary range)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Defines and evaluates evidence-based physical activity guidance in machine learning-generated health and fitness content.
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