Senior Applied Research Engineer - Multimodal Reasoning, SIML Senior Applied Research Engineer - Multimodal Reasoning, SIML

Apple

Cupertino, CA

Full Time

Senior

181k-318k

15 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Senior Applied Research Engineer - Multimodal Reasoning, SIML Apple is seeking a candidate to work within the Intelligence System Experience (ISE) team, which focuses on multimodal machine learning and system experiences such as Spotlight Search, Photos Memories, and Generative Playgrounds. The team develops ML core technologies, scales production ML workflows through distributed training, and optimizes large language models for on-device user experiences. The role involves adapting large language models, ensuring quality with an emphasis on fairness and robustness, and collaborating cross-functionally with ML researchers, software engineers, hardware, and design teams.

Key Responsibilities

Training large scale multimodal (2D/3D vision-language) models on distributed backends.
Deploying compact neural architectures efficiently on device.
Learning policies that can be personalized to the user in a privacy-preserving manner.
Ensuring quality in the wild, with an emphasis on fairness and model robustness.
Enriching multimodal capabilities of large language models.
Aligning image/video content to the space of LMs for visual actions and multi-turn interactions.
Interacting closely with ML researchers, software engineers, hardware, and design teams.

Requirements

M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of industry experience working at the intersection of NLP and Vision machine learning.
Proven hands-on experience training LLMs or adapting pre-trained LLMs for downstream tasks and alignment.
Proficiency in ML toolkit of choice, e.g., PyTorch.
Strong programming skills in Python.

Nice to Have

Familiarity with distributed training.
Strong programming skills in C/C++ or ObjC.

Qualifications

Educational background as specified in requirements (M.S. or PhD or equivalent experience).

Benefits & Perks

Base pay between $181,100 and $318,400, depending on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.
Eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and stock purchase at a discount.
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
Retirement benefits.
Range of discounted products and free services.
Reimbursement for educational expenses related to career advancement.
Potential for discretionary bonuses, commissions, and relocation assistance.

Working at Apple

Apple values diversity and inclusion, with a commitment to fair treatment and equal opportunity for all employees. The company promotes understanding of its culture, organization, and values through Apple University classes, seminars, and tools. Apple also supports charitable contributions, matches donations up to $10,000 annually, and fosters a work environment that emphasizes fairness, respect, and professional growth.

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