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# Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $216,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Pytorch, Information Technology, Stable Diffusion
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/apple/machine-learning-engineer-siml-d51806

## About the Role

Track record of strong industrial research, including delivery of complex projects or publications in top-tier venues, M.S. or PhD in Computer Science or a related field such as Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent experience.

2+ years of experience working on training and fine-tuning modern image / video generation models

Experience working in an academic or industrial research environment

Proficient in an ML framework such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX

Excellent communication skills and an ability to drive clarity in ambiguous circumstances

## Description

We are seeking a machine learning research engineer with experience building modern generative models based on diffusion and auto-regressive technologies. The ideal candidate has solid ML fundamentals, experience with applied research, and hands-on knowledge training and adapting large scale image/video/audio/multimodal foundation models. You will stay at the forefront of the latest AI research to rapidly apply impactful developments while simultaneously pioneering proprietary, experimental ideas designed specifically for Apple's unique ecosystem.


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