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Research Engineer, Reasoning & Memory - SIML

Apple
Posted a month ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Cupertino, CA 95015, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The System Intelligence and Machine Learning (SIML) Content Understanding teams at Apple are looking for a Research Engineer specializing in Reasoning & Memory Systems.
  • Candidates should possess a PhD or MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with a focus on machine learning, and ideally have 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • The role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance Apple Intelligence capabilities and requires fluency in algorithm development and experience with evaluation techniques.
  • A strong background in Reinforcement Learning, Multimodal Training, and proficiency in ML toolkits like PyTorch is essential, along with a track record of research contributions.
  • The expected salary for this position is competitive, reflecting the candidate's experience and expertise in the field.
The System Intelligence and Machine Learning (SIML) Content Understanding teams are seeking a Research Engineer in Reasoning & Memory Systems. You will be working alonside teams that are in charge of operating system wide embeddings, personalized RAG workstreams, tool calling, context compaction / efficiency & memory systems. Projects are focussed on advancing Apple Intelligence capabilities, while working closely across disciplines with our partners in hardware engineering, design and product. Selected references to our prior work (a) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.13575, (b) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.21075, (c) https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/12/apple-intelligence-now-features-image-playground-genmoji-and-more/

Description


Important attributes expected in the role is fluency in algorithm development (prompt optimization, post training / alignment), and experience with automatic evaluation techniques. The role includes the opportunity to partner with world class system engineers to prototype and incorporate bleeding edge algorithmic innovations in the context of emerging agentic experiences Other responsibilities include testing and upkeep of training infrastructure, whiled partnering with safety/security teams on emerging robustness challenges while aligning models/agents to production needs. Ability to interface with large scale data infrastructure is a huge plus. Apple has a thriving Machine Learning research community. It is expected that role offers the candidate an opportunity to form a strong network of collaborators across the company, while sharing research progress with senior technical leaders at a regular cadence.

Minimum Qualifications


PhD, or MSc in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, or a related field (mathematics, physics or computer engineering); with a focus on machine learning, or comparable professional experience Strong ML and Generative Modeling fundamentals Proven experience in one of the following: Reinforcement Learning, Multimodal Training, Pre-training / Post-training foundation models Proficiency in using ML toolkits, e.g., PyTorch Track record of research contributions demonstrated through publications in top-tier conferences, or open source contributions to algorithm

Preferred Qualifications


Experience with building & deploying Multimodal-LLMs Familiarity with distributed training and large-scale data infrastructure



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