Apple
Senior Perception Algorithms Engineer - Special Project
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2026
- Experience
- PhD with 3 years of industry experience, or MS with 5+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or MS.
About the job
Designs and integrates real-time perception algorithms, especially multi-object tracking, for robust computer vision in Apple products.
What you'll do
- Design and implement a real-time multi-object tracking system.
- Use multimodal estimates and build evaluation frameworks, datasets, and metrics to improve perception pipelines.
- Integrate perception systems into a larger software stack subject to real-world performance constraints.
What they ask for
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field with 3 years of industry experience, or MS with 5+ years of industry experience.
- Proficiency in systems programming (C++/Swift) and performant, production-quality code.
- Fluency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX), with a foundation in machine learning, traditional perception, and state-estimation pipelines.
- Ability to break complex problems into testable solutions, including challenging edge cases and accessible experiences.
Nice to have
- Experience designing scalable evaluation pipelines, or building/deploying on-device computer vision models or multi-object tracking systems.
- Expertise in areas such as ML architectures, computer vision, multimodal data fusion, robotics, applied mathematics, or familiarity with Swift and Apple developer tools.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Swift, Python, PyTorch, JAX
AI focus
Applies modern deep learning and machine learning to perception, including real-time multi-object tracking and multimodal estimation; preferred areas include VLMs, VLAs, foundation models, self-supervision, distillation, and data augmentation.
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