Apple

AIML Engineer Lead - Human Perception

Apple$150K — $200K *
Enterprise Technology
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS and 20 years of relevant industry experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role
  • Experience in managing ML engineering teams
  • Strong background in multimodal perception systems
  • Familiarity with LLMs and VLMs
  • Proficiency in Python and PyTorch
  • MS or PhD in relevant technical fields
  • Experience with generative architectures and setting technical strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with experts across AI, ML, Software, and Hardware
  • Manage and mentor a team of AIML engineers
  • Set the technical vision and strategy for the team
  • Drive execution on research projects for Apple products
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to define roadmaps
  • Balance long-term research with pragmatic engineering
  • Foster an inclusive and collaborative team culture.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to innovate with world-class experts
  • Engage in impactful human-centric solutions
  • Work on cutting-edge AI technologies
  • Develop a high-performing and diverse team
  • Access to a collaborative working environment.
  • Support for career development and mentoring.
Full Job Description
In this role, you will collaborate with world-class experts in AI, ML, Software, and Hardware to tackle fundamental challenges in human-centric solutions that will impact millions of users across Apple's ecosystem.

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to manage a team of AIML engineers focused on developing foundation models for generative AI and multimodal systems that integrate various types of real-time sensor data such as video and audio with other modalities like text. You will set the technical vision and strategy for the team, drive execution on cutting-edge research projects and ensure the successful delivery of practical features into Apple products. You will partner with cross-functional leaders across software, hardware, design and product to define roadmaps, align on data requirements, validation strategies, key performance indicators and shape the direction of human perception technologies at Apple. A successful candidate combines deep technical expertise in AI, machine learning and computer vision with proven people leadership skills. You will be responsible for hiring and developing top talent, fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture, mentoring engineers across all career stages and creating an environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation. You balance long-term research investments with pragmatic engineering execution and lead by example with a hands-on approach when needed.

BS and a minimum of 20 years of relevant industry experience, including 3+ years in a technical leadership or management role. Experience leading and managing teams of ML engineers or researchers. Strong technical background in building models for multimodal perception systems. Experience working with LLMs and VLMs. Proven track record of shipping ML-powered features or products at scale. Software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python and PyTorch.

MS or PhD in computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning, computer science, computer engineering or related fields. Experience leading teams developing, training and tuning foundation models and multimodal LLMs. Familiarity with training generative architectures such as diffusion, reinforcement learning, flow matching or normalizing flow at scale. Experience setting technical strategy and roadmaps spanning research and productization. Demonstrated ability to recruit, grow and retain a diverse and high-performing engineering team. Excellent communication skills and experience partnering with multi-functional teams and senior stakeholders. Track record of mentoring engineers and supporting their career development. Self-motivated leader who can prioritize across competing demands and deliver on schedule. Self-motivated with proven track record to optimally prioritize and deliver tasks on schedule.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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