Apple
Sr Engineering Program Manager, Evaluation - Special Projects
$176K–$312K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of technical program management experience, including at least 3 years leading complex AI/ML programs.
- Education
- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or related quantitative field is preferred; no minimum education requirement stated.
About the job
Leads programs and strategy for evaluating Apple’s AI models, defining quality metrics and coordinating teams to measure and validate model performance.
What you'll do
- Define evaluation strategy and align frameworks with product vision and business objectives.
- Develop end-to-end programs for model evaluation, including success criteria, data collection, simulation infrastructure, and evaluation pipelines.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, communicate program status to executives, and improve organizational processes.
What they ask for
- Proven track record delivering complex programs by defining requirements and driving engineering teams to outcomes.
- Experience influencing and driving decisions at Director/VP level.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and maintain program momentum.
- Excellent executive communication skills for conveying complex technical information.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, VLMs, multimodal architectures, ML evaluation, RLHF, preference optimization, statistical analysis, A/B testing, or experimental design.
Pay
$175,500 and $311,700 (base pay range; USD)
Tools
AI/ML, large language models (LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), multi-modal architectures, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), A/B testing
AI focus
Leads evaluation strategy and methodology for multimodal AI models, defining metrics and validating model performance and quality.
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