Senior ML Engineer, Robotics, Special Projects

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
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$184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted
161 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Senior ML Engineer, Robotics, Special Projects

As a Senior ML Engineer, Robotics - Special Projects, you will join a team of skilled engineers and scientists to develop new experiences for products and platforms. You will be responsible for designing and implementing AI/ML robotic systems to solve real-world problems, evaluating and debugging complex systems, and integrating intricate AI components into a larger software stack. The role requires building complete prototypes while improving system performance. Key technical requirements include proficiency in PyTorch and TensorFlow, familiarity with the full robotics stack including controls, perception, planning, and navigation, and experience with modern ML approaches like VLMs, LLMs, Diffusions, and RL. Preferred skills involve Swift, training multimodal foundational models, multi-view geometry, 3D reconstruction pipelines, and optimizing mathematical algorithms for mobile deployment in resource-constrained environments to expand the capabilities of hardware through advanced robotics.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement AI/ML robotic systems to solve real-world problems.
  • Evaluate and debug complex AI systems to ensure reliability.
  • Integrate intricate AI systems into a larger software stack.
  • Build complete prototypes that continuously improve system performance.
  • Train and fine-tune multimodal foundational models for robotics applications.
  • Develop reinforcement learning models specifically for robotic use cases.
  • Optimize ML models and mathematical algorithms for mobile and resource-constrained environments.
  • Implement features involving multi-view geometry, camera calibration, and 3D reconstruction pipelines.

What we're looking for

  • MS/PhD in Computer Science, Math, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong software engineering background and ability to implement practical solutions for large features.
  • Experience building complete prototypes that continuously improve system performance.
  • Familiarity with the full robotics stack including controls, perception, planning, and navigation.
  • Familiarity with modern ML approaches such as VLMs, LLMs, Diffusion models, and Reinforcement Learning.
  • Proficiency using deep learning frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow.
  • Experience in training multimodal foundational models or optimizing algorithms for resource-constrained environments.

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