Senior Foundation Models RL Scientist — Agentic AI

Apple; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Core Foundation Models team in Europe seeks a senior ML leader to advance foundation models and agentic intelligence across devices. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to scale LLMs and multi-modal architectures, applying RL to improve planning, decision-making, and autonomy at scale.

As a technical leader, you will design, train, and optimize large-scale ML systems, oversee deployment to billions of devices, and mentor teams across engineering hubs in New York, Seattle,

Qualifications

• PhD/Master’s degree (or equivalent) in CS/CE or related field.
• Deep expertise in generative AI, training and scaling LLMs or multi-modal models.
• Experience deploying large-scale ML systems with performance optimization.
• Industry experience building agentic capabilities for foundation models.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of foundation models with reinforcement learning for planning and reasoning.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to scale models across platforms.
• Oversee deployment of ML systems to billions of devices and drive productization.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Reinforcement Learning

LLMs

Education

PhD/Master’s degree or equivalent

Tools

JAX

Job description

Apple's Core Foundation Models team in Europe seeks a senior ML leader to advance foundation models and agentic intelligence across devices. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to scale LLMs and multi-modal architectures, applying RL to improve planning, decision-making, and autonomy at scale.

As a technical leader, you will design, train, and optimize large-scale ML systems, oversee deployment to billions of devices, and mentor teams across engineering hubs in New York, Seattle,