Senior Engineering Program Manager, AIML Foundation Models

Apple Inc

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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$175,500–$263,800 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Program Manager, AIML Foundation Models

As a Sr Engineering Program Manager, AIML Foundation Models, you will join the team responsible for developing advanced AI and orchestrating the end-to-end program lifecycle for foundation models. You will define strategic roadmaps, manage multi-year technical plans, and coordinate cross-functional efforts across Research, OS Software, Privacy, and Legal teams. Your daily work involves managing complex dependencies in data pipelines, distributed training, and on-device inference while navigating trade-offs between model capabilities and hardware constraints. The role requires expertise in machine learning systems, including data acquisition, evaluation, and release management for large language models and generative AI. You will be responsible for mitigating technical risks and ensuring compliance with security mandates. This position focuses on the technical challenge of delivering privacy-focused AI experiences through sophisticated infrastructure and hardware/software co-design for consumer products.

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the master plan, strategic roadmap, and goals for ambitious foundation model programs.
  • Translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable communications for executive leadership.
  • Architect multi-year technical program plans covering data pipelines, distributed training, and on-device optimization.
  • Identify and mitigate technical and program risks to ensure successful product ship commitments.
  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of large-scale machine learning models from development to deployment.
  • Lead cross-functional negotiations regarding trade-offs between model capabilities, hardware constraints, and user experience.
  • Execute core strategies for data acquisition and model evaluation in alignment with privacy and legal standards.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in EE, CS, CE, or equivalent.
  • 6+ years of experience in program management specifically regarding data acquisition of ML technologies.
  • Experience with machine learning concepts and technical knowledge of building, evaluating, and releasing ML systems.
  • Experience leading cross-functional security and privacy initiatives in collaboration with Legal and Privacy Engineering teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to negotiate and distill complex technical requirements into a coherent long-term platform roadmap.
  • Strong communication skills to convey complex technical information and draft deliverables for diverse audiences.
  • Project management skills including structuring and managing multiple interdependent work streams.
  • Preferred experience with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), or hardware/software co-design for ML acceleration.

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