Visual Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Scientist

Apple • San Jose, CA

4h

About The Position

Our team sits at the intersection of computational neuroscience, visual intelligence, and AI, translating cutting-edge research directly into experiences that users see and feel every day. We prototype algorithms from first principles all the way through to shipping features, working hand-in-hand with app teams and designers so that the science we build has immediate, tangible impact on how people interact with Apple products. We are looking for a Visual Intelligence and Machine Learning Scientist who bridges computational neuroscience and modern AI. You will build models that reason about human visual attention, behavioral states, comfort, and perceptual salience from video and multimodal sensor streams. You will have a track record of original research contributions, a drive to deploy algorithms on real-world data, and the versatility to take an idea from exploratory research to polished user experience.

Requirements

• MS with 3+ years of research experience, in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Neuroscience, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, with a focus on computer vision or machine learning.
• Demonstrated research contributions to visual intelligence or perceptual modeling, including peer-reviewed publications or equivalent industry impact.
• Deep expertise in visual perception: saliency modeling, object detection and localization, optical flow, depth estimation, and multimodal learning including sensor fusion with IMU and temporal signals.
• Strong hands-on experience training and deploying deep learning models using modern frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) and Python scientific libraries (NumPy, OpenCV, scikit-learn).
• Strong mathematical foundations in linear algebra, probability, optimization, and signal processing, with experience in large-scale dataset curation and evaluation methodology.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment alongside scientists, engineers, designers, and domain experts from the behavioral and cognitive sciences.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Neuroscience, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, with a focus on computer vision or machine learning.
• Experience with vision foundation models, vision transformers (ViT), and adapter-based fine-tuning for perceptual or behavioral downstream tasks.
• Familiarity with generative AI and neural rendering approaches (diffusion models, implicit neural representations) as components of computational perception pipelines.
• Background in computational modeling of perceptual or behavioral phenomena: modeling user state, comfort, visual salience, or behavioral response from video or sensor data.
• Experience developing or deploying models for spatial computing platforms (AR/VR headsets, iOS, macOS).
• Track record of shipping algorithms in resource-constrained, real-time on-device inference environments.
• Ability to be versatile across a multi-faceted role, moving fluidly between deep research, engineering rigor, and direct collaboration with product and design teams to bring science to life in user-facing features.

Responsibilities

• Build models that reason about human visual attention, behavioral states, comfort, and perceptual salience from video and multimodal sensor streams.
• Prototype algorithms from first principles all the way through to shipping features.
• Work hand-in-hand with app teams and designers.
• Translate cutting-edge research directly into experiences that users see and feel every day.

What This Job Offers

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