Sr. Robot ML Engineer

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build service we create or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in we can do the best work of our lives. Here youll do more than join something youll add something.

As a member of the team youll have the opportunity to work with a group of highly skilled engineers and scientists to bring new experiences to Apple position requires a self-motivated robotics engineer with strong technical and interpersonal skills to handle responsibilities including:

Designing and implementing AI/ML systems to solve real-world problemsnEvaluating and debugging complex AI systemsnIntegrating intricate AI systems into a larger software stack

MS/PhD in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Robotics Math or related fieldnStrong software engineering backgroundnAbility to break down large features and implement practical solutionsnCuriosity about new technologies flexibility and openness to ambiguitynStrong proficiency with modern ML approaches (LLMs/VLMs/VLAs Diffusion Models etc.)

Strong proficiency with robot planning / decision making (e.g. reasoning under uncertainty POMDPs intent prediction etc.)nStrong proficiency with classical robotic algorithms (optimization graph search etc.)nFamiliarity with the full robotics stack (controls perception motion planning etc.)nFamiliarity with Swift and Apple developer tools