Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

Apple Inc

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TL;DR · Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

The AIML - Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility joins the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence team to advance machine learning modeling and interactive technologies. This role focuses on solving grand challenges in accessibility, such as equitable speech access for communication disabilities, visual understanding for the blind, and sign language technology. You will develop new modeling approaches, design experiments to evaluate machine learning methods, and partner with product teams to ship features. Key technical areas include multimodal reasoning, agentic systems, multi-turn interaction, contextual understanding, privacy-preserving ML, and synthetic data evaluation. The role requires expertise in computer vision, speech, or foundation model post-training. You will contribute to the field through internal impact and external publications in top ML and HCI venues while turning research into practical tools and datasets.

What you'll do

  • Develop new ML modeling approaches for both research and product impact.
  • Advance the state of the art on accessibility-related technical problems.
  • Design and execute experiments to evaluate machine learning modeling approaches.
  • Evaluate ML-powered applications using human-centered methods and user studies.
  • Partner with product teams to integrate research into user-facing features.
  • Publish research contributions in top ML and HCI venues.
  • Develop data collection protocols and curation methodologies for training models.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
  • Research depth in multimodal modeling, agentic systems and tool use, computer vision, speech, or foundation model post-training and evaluation.
  • A publication and research record commensurate with seniority.
  • A proven history of turning research contributions into tools, datasets, or products.
  • Experience conducting research in accessibility or a demonstrated commitment to accessibility (preferred).
  • Experience doing data collection or data curation, such as developing data or annotation protocols (preferred).
  • Experience with human-centered evaluation methods, such as developing user study protocols or running studies (preferred).
  • Experience developing and shipping products that use machine learning (preferred).

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