Senior AI/ML Evaluation Engineer

Apple Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock programs

Restricted Stock Units (RSU)

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and services

Education expense reimbursement

Bonuses or relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Sr Engineering Specialist on the AIML Evaluation team to ensure evaluation projects run clean from design through delivery.

You will understand how well our products perform and advocate for changes that matter, collaborating with Feature/Tooling Eng, PM, Operations, and Data Science. You will own device configuration for evaluation projects, monitor progress, review designs with data science, drive triage with tooling, and turn recurring problems into

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in roles such as technical program manager, consultant, QA/device tester, or evaluation operations.
• Hands-on manual testing experience, including designing and executing test passes on physical devices. Highly organized, with a track record of balancing multiple concurrent efforts and meeting firm deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This role involves a high level of interaction with engineering teams, management, and other organizations across Apple, and we expect you to build and navigate those relationships autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Own device configuration for evaluation projects, and coordinate with the Operations team to roll out configurations to all testers.
• Monitor in-progress projects and flag quality issues early, before they affect downstream results.
• Partner with Evaluation Data Science to review evaluation design for quality and alignment ahead of launch.
• Drive triage with the evaluation tooling team when technical issues surface mid-project, and follow through to resolution.
• Turn recurring problems into durable fixes — checklists, guardrails, and process improvements that hold up across future projects.
• Success in this role looks like projects that launch on a sound design, run without avoidable surprises, and produce results the team can act on with confidence.

Skills

Manual testing

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

BA/BS in MIS, CS or related technical field

Tools

MDM

SQL

Dashboards

Scripting (light)

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Sr Engineering Specialist on the AIML Evaluation team to ensure evaluation projects run clean from design through delivery.

You will understand how well our products perform and advocate for changes that matter, collaborating with Feature/Tooling Eng, PM, Operations, and Data Science. You will own device configuration for evaluation projects, monitor progress, review designs with data science, drive triage with tooling, and turn recurring problems into