AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, MLR

Cupertino Until 9/22/2026 First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Play a part in building the next revolution of machine learning technology. We’re looking for passionate mid-level and senior researchers to work on ambitious curiosity driven long-term research projects that will impact the future of Apple, and our products. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative foundational research in machine learning. As a member of the team, you will be inspired by a diversity of challenging problems, collaborate with world-class machine learning engineers and researchers to impact the future of Apple products, and publish some of your results in high-quality scientific venues.

Description

You have a strong research background in machine learning or related fields, and regularly publish your results in the main relevant conference and journal venues, and make sure that your research results are of high quality and reproducible. You will propose your own research plan to advance our understanding of machine learning and execute it through implementation and experimentation, in collaboration with your colleagues. You will provide technical mentorship and guidance, and prepare technical reports for publication and conference talks. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with broader teams across Apple.

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated expertise in machine learning research
Publication record in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ACL, EMNLP, etc)
Hands-on experience working with deep learning toolkits such as Tensorflow or PyTorch
Strong mathematical skills in linear algebra and statistics

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment, implement and communicate solutions
Ability to work in a diverse collaborative environment
PhD, or equivalent practical experience, in Computer Science, or related technical field

About this role

Summary

Conduct machine learning research, publish papers, collaborate, and develop foundational ML technologies.

Job title

AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, MLR

Experience level

mid level or senior level

Industry

software

Location requirements

Must be located in Cupertino; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

machine learningpublication recorddeep learning toolkitsTensorflowPyTorchlinear algebrastatistics

Preferred skills

formulate research problemscollaborative environmenttechnical mentorship

Specializations

machine learningdeep learningresearchpublicationmathematics
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City