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AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, MLR

Apple· Machine Learning and AI
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Hybrid (Paris)full-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Research-focused role pursuing curiosity-driven, long-term AI research on generative foundation models (e.g., LLMs, VLMs), with opportunities to pre-train, fine-tune, steer, and optimize inference. Collaborate with ML engineers and researchers, publish results in top venues, mentor teammates, and contribute across Apple-wide teams.

Responsibilities

  • Propose and execute a research plan to advance understanding of machine learning through implementation and experimentation.
  • Conduct foundational research on generative foundation models (LLMs, VLMs, etc.) and related areas across stages (pre-training, fine-tuning, steering, efficient inference).
  • Collaborate with world-class ML engineers and researchers to impact Apple products.
  • Publish results in high-quality scientific venues and prepare technical reports and conference talks.
  • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to colleagues.
  • Collaborate with broader teams across Apple.

Qualifications

  • PhD, or equivalent practical experience, in Computer Science or related technical field
  • Demonstrated expertise in machine learning research
  • Publication record in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ACL, EMNLP, etc)
  • Hands-on experience with deep learning toolkits such as JAX, PyTorch or ML frameworks (MLX)
  • Strong mathematical skills in linear algebra, optimization and statistics
  • Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment, implement and communicate solutions
  • Ability to work in a diverse collaborative environment

Skills

Required:Machine learning researchPublication and communication

Benefits

  • Apple-level benefits and inclusive workplace policies (information in job description)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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