Apple

Engineering Project Manager - AI Features Internationalization

Apple$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in a technical leadership role in software or hardware engineering
  • Proven track record managing complex, multi-team development lifecycles
  • Demonstrated experience managing dependencies across various technical teams
  • Expertise in global product shipping with a focus on internationalization
  • Strong ability to drive projects and make decisions amid ambiguity
  • Skilled in translating technical concepts into executive-level updates
  • Familiarity with AI/ML features and related technologies like LLMs and NLP

Responsibilities

  • Lead integration of AI and machine learning across multiple languages and countries
  • Manage technical dependencies and ensure model evaluation accuracy
  • Oversee end-to-end execution of international features from data collection to software/hardware integration
  • Collaborate across teams including Data, Hardware, and QA for project success
  • Drive independent project execution and influence cross-functional teams

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology
  • Chance to impact product deployment on a global scale
  • Engagement in high-level cross-functional collaboration
  • Dynamic work environment with diverse cultural considerations
Full Job Description
In this role, you will lead the technical integration of generative AI and machine learning features across 25+ languages and 40+ countries. You will sit at the critical intersection of Core ML Modeling, Data Science, Hardware Engineering, and Global Product Readiness. You are not just managing localization work-you are managing the technical dependencies, data pipelines, and model evaluation required to ensure Apple's AI features perform with high accuracy, safety, and cultural relevance worldwide. You will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of international features, from initial data collection and model evaluation to final software and hardware integration.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of experience as an Engineering Program/Project Manager (EPM), Technical Program Manager (TPM), or similar technical leadership role within a software or hardware engineering organization.

Technical Lifecycle Mastery: Proven track record of managing the end-to-end development lifecycle for complex, multi-team features spanning software and hardware.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies across backend engineering (Modeling/Core ML), front-end implementation, hardware, and QA teams across multiple organizations.

International Product Expertise: Direct experience shipping products globally, with a deep understanding of internationalization (i18n) and the architectural and data challenges of scaling AI features for global markets.

Navigating Ambiguity: Ability to drive projects independently, make sound technical decisions with incomplete information, and influence teams without direct authority.

Communication: Ability to translate highly technical AI/ML concepts into clear, "lightweight" executive-level status updates and risk assessments.

Preferred Qualifications

AI/ML Domain Depth: Hands-on experience driving AI/ML feature work, including familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), vision models, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or model evaluation frameworks.

New Product Introduction (NPI): Experience with international launch of hardware products containing ML/AI capabilities, including hardware access restrictions, data collection logistics, and field testing approvals.

Data Pipeline Management: Experience managing large-scale data generation, annotation, and evaluation workflows specifically for non-English locales and diverse cultural contexts.

i18n Engineering Standards: Technical knowledge of internationalization standards (e.g., Unicode, CLDR) and the architectural challenges of scaling models globally.

Fairness and Inclusion: Experience with demographic representation in ML training data and evaluation, including cultural and religious diversity considerations.

Budget and Resource Strategy: Experience managing significant budgets for international data acquisition and coordinating with global data vendors.

Analytical Proficiency: Ability to use data tools (e.g., SQL, Python, or internal dashboards) to track model performance, project health, and other analytics.

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.

Apple Careers

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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