Job Specifications
Summary
Play a part in building the next revolution of machine learning technology. We're looking for a passionate researchers to work on ambitious curiosity-driven long-term research projects that will impact the future of Apple, and our products. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative foundational research in machine learning focusing on LLMs and generative models. As a member of the team, you will be inspired by a diversity of challenging problems, collaborate with world-class machine learning engineers and researchers, and publish your results in high-quality scientific venues.
Description
You have a strong research background in machine learning or related fields, and regularly publish your results in the main relevant conferences, and make sure that your research results are of high quality and reproducible. You will define your research plan to advance our understanding of machine learning and execute it through implementation and experimentation, in collaboration with your colleagues. You will provide technical mentorship and guidance, and prepare technical reports for publication and conference talks. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with broader teams across Apple.
Minimum Qualifications
PhD, or equivalent practical experience, in Computer Science, or related technical field
Demonstrated expertise in machine learning research.
Publication record in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AISTATS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ACL, EMNLP, etc).
Hands-on experience working with deep learning toolkits such as JAX, PyTorch or MLX
Preferred Qualifications
Strong mathematical skills in differential calculus, probability, statistics.
Strong coding skills, as exemplified by e.g. OSS contributions, and ability to maintain a coherent and evolving codebase.
Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment, implement and communicate solutions.
Ability to work as a team player in a diverse collaborative environment.
You have proposed through previous publications impactful methods in areas of interest to the group, such as generative modeling (flow matching, diffusions, etc.) or LLM/VLM training/fine-tuning/inference.
At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced, and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.
About the Company
We're a diverse collective of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what's possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. And the same innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices -- strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. This is where your work can make a difference in people's lives. Including your own. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Visit apple.com/careers to learn more.
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