Senior ML Engineer, Robotics - Special Projects

Apple • Santa Clara, CA

19d

About The Position

Apple is seeking a self-motivated machine learning engineer to help expand the capabilities of Apple products and platforms through advances in AI/ML and robotics. The role works with a team of engineers and scientists to bring new experiences to Apple products. It requires strong technical and interpersonal skills and involves developing and improving robotic and machine-learning systems.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Math, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong software engineering background.
• Ability to break down large features and implement practical solutions.
• Experience building complete prototypes and continuously improving system performance.
• Familiarity with the full robotics stack, including controls, perception, planning, and agentic systems.
• Familiarity with modern machine-learning approaches, such as VLMs, LLMs, diffusion models, and reinforcement learning.
• Proficiency with deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
• Experience developing robotic algorithms for manipulation and/or navigation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience training or fine-tuning multimodal foundation models.
• Experience building reinforcement-learning models and solving sim-to-real problems for robotics applications.
• Experience with simulation frameworks such as Isaac, Drake, or MuJoCo.
• Experience in multi-view geometry, camera calibration, and 3D reconstruction pipelines.
• Experience optimizing machine-learning models or mathematical algorithms for mobile deployment and resource-constrained environments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior