At Apple, the business problem is to innovate and build revolutionary machine learning and AI-based products and experiences by combining groundbreaking machine learning research with next-generation hardware.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, Objective-C, C++, Swift, and/or R
- Experience completing a moderate-sized software project
- Academic, research, or industry experience in one of the following: Computer vision, Large Language Models / Generative AI, Machine Learning & ML Research, Natural Language Processing/Speech/Conversational AI, Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, or Multimodal Large Language Models
- Thesis, capstone project, internship, co-op, and/or proven experience in these fields qualifies
- Experience with machine learning and AI-based products and experiences
- Familiarity with SFT and RL techniques
- Experience with GRPO
Responsibilities
- Doing high-quality research on post-training multi-modal large language models using SFT and RL techniques
- Using GRPO, etc. to enable rich agentic experiences on Apple devices
- Reinforcement learning for general tool-use
- Building/enhancing planning & reasoning capabilities in LLMs
- Building/enhancing multimodal large language models for computer use
- Building product prototypes using the models we develop
- Collaborating with fellow residents and Apple teams across hardware, software, and services
Other
- Demonstrated ability to connect and collaborate with others
- Graduate degree in a STEM field or equivalent industry experience in software engineering
- Available to work full-time (40 hours/week) July 13, 2026 - July 9, 2027
- Currently enrolled in a degree program must graduate before this program commences on July 13, 2026
- Submit a cover letter as part of your application explaining research interests and how they apply to the specific Residency position
