Summary

The Product Operations machine learning team is seeking a machine learning research engineer to conduct research in anomaly detection and automated machine learning to address domain‑specific challenges in manufacturing multi‑modal data that includes time‑series, graph, image and/or tabular data.

Description

The Apple Operations team ensures groundbreaking designs become industry‑leading products. In this role you will join a small team at the heart of our manufacturing ML capabilities. Our R&D team is responsible for the core ML libraries that engineers use to train models for factory deployment. We improve core capabilities through applied research, with partners in academia and across Apple’s research org.

Responsibilities

• Drive research from ideation to impact, working closely with manufacturing machine learning engineers worldwide to understand challenges and opportunities.


• Leverage research experience to propose and execute promising approaches, collaborate with internal and academic partners, and contribute to our research strategy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expertise in independently designing and implementing ML experiments – establishing appropriate metrics, benchmarks, milestones, and communicating results to stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds.


• Ph.D. in Machine Learning from CS or ECE.


• Publication record commensurate with seniority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of successful research and interest in weakly‑ and semi‑supervised ML,
  
  
  
  domain adaptation, data efficiency, knowledge distillation, imbalanced classification/regression, tabular foundation models, etc.


• For new‑grad applicants, at least one first‑author publication in top machine‑learning/data‑mining conferences such as ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, KDD, CIKM, ICDM, SDM, The Web Conference, etc.


• Excellent communication and presentation skills.


• Demonstrable collaborative software development skills, including design review and code review.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $119,100 and $177,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees may also become shareholders through discretionary employee stock programs and can purchase stock at a discount via the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Additional benefits include comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and services, educational expense reimbursement, and potential discretionary bonuses, commissions, or relocation assistance.

Equal Chance

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Apple provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Apple is a drug‑free workplace. At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.