Drimva

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