Apple
Senior Robot Interaction Engineer - Special Projects
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in Robotics.
- Education
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or related field.
About the job
Designs, evaluates, and integrates AI/ML and robotics systems to create new experiences for Apple products, including human-subject data collection and evaluation.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, debug, and integrate AI/ML systems into a larger software stack.
- Design and conduct protocols for data collection and evaluation with human subjects.
- Break down large features and implement practical solutions.
What they ask for
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in Robotics.
- Strong software engineering background.
- Ability to break down large features and implement practical solutions.
- Proficiency with modern ML approaches, including LLMs/VLMs and Diffusion Models.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency with models of human behavior; experience conducting human-robot interaction experiments.
- Proficiency with classical robotic algorithms; familiarity with the full robotics stack, Swift, and Apple developer tools.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
LLMs/VLMs, Diffusion Models, Swift
AI focus
Designing, evaluating, debugging, and integrating AI/ML systems for real-world robotics and product experiences; conducting human-subject data collection and evaluation.
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