AIML - Senior Applied ML Research Scientist, Accessibility

Job description

We are seeking an Applied Machine Learning Research Scientist to join our Accessibility efforts on the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence (HCMI) team within AIML at Apple. Research Scientists in HCMI tackle significant technical challenges, collaborate with partner teams to ship products, and shape the field of human-centered AIML via external publication. Join us to advance ML research and intelligent interactive technologies that enable people of all abilities to use Apple technology. Minimum Qualifications: PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction or related field. Experienced researcher, with research depth in one or more of: multimodal modeling, agentic systems and tool use, computer vision, speech, or foundation model post-training and evaluation. Publication and research record commensurate with seniority. Proven history of turning research contributions into tools, datasets or products, or strong potential to do so. Preferred Qualifications: Experience conducting research in accessibility or demonstrated commitment to accessibility. Experience doing data collection or data curation (e.g., developing data or annotation protocols). Experience with human-centered evaluation methods (e.g., developing user study protocols or running studies). Experience developing and shipping products that use machine learning. Strong writing and presentation skills.