NLP ML Research Engineer: On-Device AI & Agentic ML

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses or relocation

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, California seeks a Machine Learning Research Engineer focused on NLP and input experience to advance on-device and server ML pipelines across languages.

You will bridge ML research with product realities, shaping data, modeling and evaluation workflows, and contribute to Apple’s broad NLP initiatives and tools used by millions. The role emphasizes building scalable pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering state-of-the-art agentic ML playbooks

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with product ML/NLP lifecycle.
• Familiarity with techniques such as SFT, RLHF, Data Synthesis, PEFT, LLM‑judge evaluation.

Skills

Data Science & ML Stack

NLP lifecycle familiarity

Agentic ML/LLM evaluation

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/EE/Physics/Statistics or related field

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, California seeks a Machine Learning Research Engineer focused on NLP and input experience to advance on-device and server ML pipelines across languages.

You will bridge ML research with product realities, shaping data, modeling and evaluation workflows, and contribute to Apple’s broad NLP initiatives and tools used by millions. The role emphasizes building scalable pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering state-of-the-art agentic ML playbooks