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Senior Research Manager, Multimodal Reasoning - SIML

Apple
Posted 4 months ago, valid for 23 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 team is hiring a Senior Research Manager in Multimodal Reasoning with a focus on enhancing Apple Intelligence capabilities.
  • The role requires a PhD or MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, along with strong expertise in machine learning and generative modeling.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, particularly in reinforcement learning, multimodal training, or foundation models.
  • The position offers an opportunity to collaborate with top system engineers and involves leading cross-functional teams in innovative research projects.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, reflecting the advanced skills and experience required.
The System Intelligence and Machine Learning (SIML) Content Understanding team is seeking a Senior Research Manager in Multimodal Reasoning. 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


We are looking for a senior applied research leader in multimodal reasoning. The role expects fluency in algorithm development and computation, ability to set up future facing research investigations, and leading cross functional teams on company wide efforts. Key attributes expected in the role is fluency with state of art LLM workflows (prompt optimization, post training / alignment, automatic evaluation, distributed training & inference). 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. Ability to interface with large scale modeling & data infrastructure is a huge plus.

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 Strong expertise in one of the following: Reinforcement Learning, Multimodal Training, Pre-training / Post-training foundation models Proficiency in using ML toolkits, e.g., PyTorch Proven track record of research contributions demonstrated through publications in top-tier conferences, or open source contributions to algorithm

Preferred Qualifications


Experienced in leading applied research efforts in Multimodal-LLMs Track Record in transitioning applied research initiatives to customer facing experiences Familiarity with distributed training and large-scale data infrastructure



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