Engineering Manager, ML Model Evaluation & Quality, Sensing

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 206,000 - 356,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Model & Algorithm Evaluation & Quality team within Sensing & Connectivity in Cupertino.

You will own evaluation strategies for location context ML models, define benchmarks, and drive end-to-end quality through automation and CI across iOS and watchOS platforms. You will mentor engineers, establish KPIs, build dashboards, and collaborate with cross-functional partners from hardware to apps to ensure robust, scalable sensing and AI

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• 2+ years leading and managing an engineering team, with a track record of growing engineers' skill sets and creating meaningful career growth.
• Experience evaluating AI/ML models: crafting benchmarks and evaluation protocols, and performing statistical analysis.
• Proficient in designing AI-assisted workflows, using GenAI to automate and accelerate testing, debugging, and metrics analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the model evaluation strategy for our ML models and other algorithms, including benchmarks, evaluation protocols, and validation of training data, features, and labels, along with the quality strategy for the end-to-end experiences they power.
• Set the technical direction for how the team evaluates these models. That means challenging design and implementation, turning assessments of model outputs into prioritized algorithm improvements, and holding the team to the same rigor in its own analysis and conclusions.
• Lead the team in building the automation, continuous integration, analytics, and monitoring that qualify features, measure performance and system memory usage, and track quality across releases.
• Identify the KPIs that define project success, build the dashboards behind them, and represent the team's results in user study, code, and data reviews as well as to engineering and executive audiences.
• Drive bug resolution across the broader software engineering organization and with partner teams across Apple, escalating and negotiating as needed to hold the quality bar.
• Work closely with development, program management, and cross-functional partners, from upstream hardware to downstream apps, to drive excellent end-to-end quality aligned with release schedules.
• Set a vision for the team's future direction, identify new opportunities, and build stakeholder buy-in to pursue them.
• Hire, coach, mentor, and grow the team, building on individual strengths and creating meaningful career growth.

Skills

Team leadership

ML evaluation

Benchmarking

GenAI workflows

Statistical analysis

QA automation

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Model & Algorithm Evaluation & Quality team within Sensing & Connectivity in Cupertino.

You will own evaluation strategies for location context ML models, define benchmarks, and drive end-to-end quality through automation and CI across iOS and watchOS platforms. You will mentor engineers, establish KPIs, build dashboards, and collaborate with cross-functional partners from hardware to apps to ensure robust, scalable sensing and AI