On-Device Generative Speech AI Research Engineer

Lex; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an Early Career Research Engineer to advance generative speech models for on-device experiences across Apple devices. You will collaborate with world-class teams to integrate novel AI paradigms into the Siri Speech (TTS) stack and related systems.

Role focuses on steerability, expressiveness, and fine-grounded control of large language models and speech decoders, with an emphasis on efficiency and production readiness on-device.

Qualifications

• Strong foundations in modern deep learning architectures and generative AI.
• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch for model training and inference.
• Experience with on-device deployment and edge computing constraints.

Responsibilities

• Research and prototype techniques to improve steerability and expressiveness of generative speech.
• Develop and benchmark algorithms bridging research to production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable efficient on-device speech synthesis.
• Adapt to evolving trends in speech and language modeling.

Skills

Deep Learning

Sequence Modeling

Generative AI

Python

PyTorch

On-Device Computing

Education

Master's degree in CS/Math/DS/Physics

Tools

PyTorch

Edge Deployment

Job description

Apple is seeking an Early Career Research Engineer to advance generative speech models for on-device experiences across Apple devices. You will collaborate with world-class teams to integrate novel AI paradigms into the Siri Speech (TTS) stack and related systems.

Role focuses on steerability, expressiveness, and fine-grounded control of large language models and speech decoders, with an emphasis on efficiency and production readiness on-device.