NLP ML Research Engineer — Agentic AI & On-Device Models

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA seeks a Machine Learning Research Engineer specializing in NLP and input experience to push agentic ML product development at scale.

You will bridge research and product, design data and evaluation pipelines, and collaborate across human interfaces, internationalization, and system integration.

Demonstrated leadership and advanced ML/NLP expertise are required; competitive compensation, relocation support, and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in CS, EE, Physics, Statistics or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in technical leadership or engineering management.
• Strong foundation in Data Science and ML stack.
• Familiarity with product ML/NLP lifecycle.
• Familiarity with SFT, RLHF, Data Synthesis, PEFT, LLM-judge evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Enable next-generation agentic ML product development systems at scale.
• Bridge gap between research and product reality, aligning with product goals and user needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in human interfaces, user studies, internationalization, and system integration.
• Develop and refine data, tooling, modeling, and evaluation pipelines for agentic workflows.

Skills

Data Science

ML Stack

Leadership

NLP lifecycle

RLHF

SFT

PEFT

Data Synthesis

Education

Master's or PhD

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Claude

Copilot

LLM tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA seeks a Machine Learning Research Engineer specializing in NLP and input experience to push agentic ML product development at scale.

You will bridge research and product, design data and evaluation pipelines, and collaborate across human interfaces, internationalization, and system integration.

Demonstrated leadership and advanced ML/NLP expertise are required; competitive compensation, relocation support, and comprehensive benefits are offered.