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Apple Principal Applied Research Engineer/Scientist United States, West Virginia 670002888
04.09.2025
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In this role, you will be responsible for the entire ML development lifecycle, working with cross-functional teams to bring innovative AI technologies into reality. You'll design high-performance ML models, create and influence ML tooling and infrastructure, drive evaluation efforts, and implement model inference solutions.Key Responsibilities:Drive data generation, curation, and evaluation efforts for ML systemsDevelop and optimize model inference solutionsRapidly prototype AI solutions that solve real-world problemsCommunicate and advocate for novel research directions to product-oriented leadershipInfluence modeling architecture decisions and translate research innovations into practical implementations
- Experience bringing novel LLM-driven technologies from zero to one
- Proven experience advancing the state of the art of machine learning through hands-on work in product development, prototyping, or research environments
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Deep technical expertise in transformer-based large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal foundation models that integrate text, visual, and audio encoders with cross-modal attention mechanisms
- Experience across areas such as pre-training, fine-tuning, performance optimization, and safety alignment
- Expertise in designing and implementing AI agents capable of complex reasoning, task planning, and autonomous decision-making in diverse environments
- Forward-thinking creativity and curiosity about shaping AI capabilities into compelling product experiences that deliver genuine user value
- Demonstrated ability to influence modeling architecture decisions and translate research innovations into practical, product-ready implementations
- Strong collaborative skills with experience effectively communicating and advocating for novel research directions to product-oriented leadership
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