Apple · 1 day ago
Senior Applied ML Researcher
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
8+ years expApple is seeking a Senior Applied ML Researcher to design, train, and deploy state-of-the-art models for visual and audio understanding. The role involves working on complex problems at the intersection of computer vision, audio signal processing, and multimodal learning, collaborating with research scientists and engineers to enhance workflows for creators using generative AI.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Design and train deep neural networks for video, image, audio, and audio-visual tasks
Build models for audio-visual representation learning, cross-modal alignment, and fusion
Develop solutions for tasks such as:
Video understanding and temporal modeling
Audio-visual event detection
Speech, sound, and scene understanding
Multimodal classification, detection, and localization
Qualification
Required
MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
4+ years of experience in deep learning or machine learning engineering
strong expertise in deep neural networks and modern training workflows
8 years + Hands-on experience with computer vision and/or audio modeling
Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred)
Solid understanding of linear algebra, probability, and optimization
Ability to build intuition from problem statement and translate to dataset requirement, neural network design and loss functions
Preferred
PhD in computer science, machine learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Publications in top-tier ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, etc.)
Experience with self-supervised or foundation model pre-training
Open-source contributions in vision, audio, or multimodal AI
Bonus: Experience with Objective-C and/or Swift for on-device deployment
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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