Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

Apple Inc

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Location
Seattle, WA
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$175,000–$308,500 / yr
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24 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

AIML - Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility joins the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence team within AIML to advance machine learning research and intelligent interactive technologies. This role focuses on developing new modeling approaches with potential for both research and product impact while advancing state of the art solutions for accessibility challenges. The scientist will design and execute experiments to evaluate models, utilize human-centered methods to evaluate applications, and partner with product teams to integrate research into features. Key technical areas include multimodal reasoning, agentic systems, multi-turn interaction, contextual understanding, privacy-preserving machine learning, synthetic data, and evaluation methodologies. The work addresses critical accessibility problems such as equitable speech access for communication disabilities, visual understanding for the blind or low vision, and sign language technology to ensure people of all abilities can use technology effectively.

What you'll do

  • Develop new machine learning modeling approaches with potential for both research and product impact.
  • Advance the state of the art regarding accessibility-related problems like speech access and visual understanding.
  • Design and execute experiments to evaluate various machine learning modeling approaches.
  • Evaluate machine learning powered applications using human-centered methods.
  • Partner with product teams to integrate research findings into features for end users.
  • Publish research contributions in top machine learning and human-computer interaction venues.
  • Develop data collection protocols, curation strategies, and annotation methodologies.

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.
  • Proven history of turning research contributions into tools, datasets, or products.
  • Experience conducting research in accessibility or a demonstrated commitment to accessibility (preferred).
  • Experience with data collection or data curation, such as developing data or annotation protocols (preferred).
  • Experience with human-centered evaluation methods, including developing user study protocols or running studies (preferred).
  • Experience developing and shipping products that use machine learning (preferred).

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