Apple
Sr. Robot ML Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Education
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Math, or related field.
About the job
Designs, evaluates, debugs, and integrates AI/ML systems for real-world robotics problems and Apple products.
What you'll do
- Design and implement AI/ML systems to solve real-world problems.
- Evaluate and debug complex AI systems.
- Integrate AI systems into a larger software stack.
What they ask for
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Math, or a related field.
- Strong software engineering background and ability to break down large features into practical solutions.
- Strong proficiency with modern ML approaches, including LLMs/VLMs/VLAs and Diffusion Models.
- Curiosity about new technologies, flexibility, and openness to ambiguity.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency with robot planning/decision making and 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/VLAs, Diffusion Models, POMDPs, Swift
AI focus
Designing, evaluating, debugging, and integrating AI/ML systems for robotics; modern ML approaches include LLMs/VLMs/VLAs and Diffusion Models.
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