Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted: 70 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

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AIML - Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility will join the Accessibility team within the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence group. This senior role involves developing new machine learning modeling approaches to address grand challenges in accessibility, such as equitable speech access, visual understanding, and sign language technology. The researcher will design and execute experiments, evaluate ML-powered applications using human-centered 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, synthetic data, and evaluation methodologies. Candidates should possess expertise in computer vision, speech, or foundation model post-training. The work focuses on creating intelligent interactive technologies that enable people of all abilities to use technology through research-driven product impact and external publications.

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Machine Learning Computer Vision Multimodal Modeling Agentic Systems Privacy-Preserving ML Synthetic Data Data Curation Human-Computer Interaction Human-Centered Evaluation ML Modeling

What you'll do

Develop new ML modeling approaches for both research and product impact.
Advance the state of the art on accessibility-related problems like speech access and visual understanding.
Design and execute experiments to evaluate machine learning modeling approaches.
Evaluate ML-powered applications using human-centered methods and user study protocols.
Partner with product teams to integrate research into features for end users.
Publish research contributions in top ML and HCI venues.
Develop data collection protocols and curate datasets for accessibility technologies.

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 with data collection, data curation, or developing annotation protocols (preferred).
Experience with human-centered evaluation methods, such as developing user study protocols (preferred).
Experience developing and shipping products that use machine learning (preferred).

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