Apple's Intelligence System Experience (ISE) team is seeking technical leaders to advance generative models, emphasizing AI safety, multimodal understanding and generation, and the development of agentic systems to enrich billions of people
Requirements
- Strong ML and Generative Modeling fundamentals
- Experience using one or more of the following: Pre-training or Post-training of Multimodal-LLMs, Reinforcement Learning, Distillation
- Familiarity with distributed training
- Proficiency in using ML toolkits, e.g., PyTorch
- Experience with building & deploying AI agents, LLMs for tool use, and Multimodal-LLMs
- Industry experience in Vision-Language multimodal modeling, Reinforcement and Preference Learning, Multimodal Safety, and Agentic AI Safety & Security
- Proven record of research innovation and demonstrated leadership in both applied research and development
Responsibilities
- Training large scale-multimodal (2D/3D vision-language) models on distributed backends
- Deploying efficient neural architectures on device and private cloud compute
- Addressing emerging safety challenges to make the model/agents robust and aligned with human values
- Advancing the multimodal capabilities of large language models
- Strengthening AI safety and security for agentic workflows
- Aligning image and video content to the space of LLMs for visual actions and multi-turn interactions
- Enabling rich, intuitive experiences powered by agentic AI systems
Other
- M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or a related field (mathematics, physics or computer engineering), with a focus on computer vision and/or machine learning or comparable professional experience
- Proven ability to translate research innovations into production-grade systems
- Ability to lead diverse cross functional efforts spanning ML modeling, prototyping, validation and privacy-preserving learning
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services
- Relocation might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
