Engineering Manager, ML & NLP for On-Device AI

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 206,200 - 356,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Education reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for Machine Learning & NLP in the Input Experience team in Cupertino. You will bridge ML research and product reality, guiding data, tooling, modeling, and evaluation pipelines for agentic workflows across languages and platforms.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, shape ML playbooks, and drive scalable pipelines, with a strong emphasis on on‑device and server models, privacy, and performance. The role blends research with product impact.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams and ML/NLP products.

Responsibilities

• Lead ML/NLP product development at scale across features and languages.
• Design and implement data pipelines, model training, evaluation, and feedback loops.

Skills

Data Science

MLOps

Leadership

Product MLLifecycle

RLHF

Education

Masters/PhD in CS/EE/Physics/Statistics

Tools

SFT

RLHF

Data Synthesis

Fine-Tuning

LLM‑judge

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for Machine Learning & NLP in the Input Experience team in Cupertino. You will bridge ML research and product reality, guiding data, tooling, modeling, and evaluation pipelines for agentic workflows across languages and platforms.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, shape ML playbooks, and drive scalable pipelines, with a strong emphasis on on‑device and server models, privacy, and performance. The role blends research with product impact.