Data Scientist, Audio Telemetry & Predictive Systems

Apple Inc.; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Data Scientist to advance telemetry intelligence for device experience optimization.

This role analyzes large-scale audio session and device telemetry data to uncover patterns in user behavior and system adjustments, enabling predictive and adaptive improvements to sound quality. You will build datasets and data pipelines, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and apply statistical analysis and ML techniques to behavioral datasets, with emphasis on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
• 3+ years of full-time experience in data science, data engineering, or ML roles.
• Strong Python programming for data analysis, scripting, and automation.
• Advanced SQL for querying and analyzing large-scale datasets.
• Experience building data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
• Experience with large-scale distributed processing (e.g., Apache Spark).
• Understanding data modeling, data quality, and analytical dataset development.
• Proven experience applying statistical analysis or ML to behavioral datasets.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large-scale audio session and device telemetry data to identify patterns in user behavior and system adjustments.
• Develop analytical datasets and workflows for scalable analysis and experimentation.
• Build and maintain data pipelines transforming raw telemetry into reliable datasets.
• Explore opportunities for predictive or adaptive system behaviors that improve device audio experience.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to translate telemetry insights into actionable product improvements.
• Improve data accessibility and reliability through automation and internal tooling.
• Support experimentation and data-driven decision making across audio and device interactions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Apache Spark

Statistical analysis

Machine Learning

Pattern detection

Data modeling

Git

Telemetry data

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science / related field

Tools

Git version control

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Data Scientist to advance telemetry intelligence for device experience optimization.

This role analyzes large-scale audio session and device telemetry data to uncover patterns in user behavior and system adjustments, enabling predictive and adaptive improvements to sound quality. You will build datasets and data pipelines, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and apply statistical analysis and ML techniques to behavioral datasets, with emphasis on