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Sr. Robotics AI Engineer
AppleCupertino, California, United StatesSenior$184,700 - $324,800
Apply Our team leverages state-of-the-art AI to better understand and communicate with users via semantic and contextual intent understanding. We are looking for a Robotics AI Engineer to bring frontier reasoning and multimodal models to life in real-time, interactive experiences.
In this role, you will translate natural user intents into robust, adaptive behaviors. You will work across the full stack of applied AI/ML: prompting and evaluating frontier models, distilling them into efficient on-device models, and deploying them on Apple silicon. A successful candidate is energized by rapidly experimenting with the latest AI models, tools, and agent harnesses, and has a strong foundation in modern machine learning with hands-on experience training and fine-tuning their own models. Above all, this is a deeply product-driven team that values engineers who have shipped real products and are motivated by putting great experiences into users' hands.
- Use frontier reasoning models to map user intent into robust, closed-loop plans that clarify, adapt and replan as the encompassing context changes
- Build agent harnesses that ground model reasoning in the user's context and a structured set of system capabilities
- Leverage multimodal models to understand user intent across audio, text & vision
- Evaluate models by translating product requirements into the right set of metrics, and use them to systematically identify failures and drive improvements
- Fine-tune and distill frontier models into smaller, efficient models for on-device use
- Deploy and optimize models on Apple silicon for real-time, efficient and interactive performance
- Rapidly prototype and assess the latest AI models, tools, and agent harnesses to advance product capabilities
- BS or MS in Computer Science or Machine Learning
- Strong background in and deep understanding of modern machine learning methods
- Experience training or fine-tuning your own transformer and/or diffusion models
- Proficiency using coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex
- Genuine excitement for experimenting with the latest AI models, tools, and multimodal capabilities
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
- Experience with model fine-tuning and distillation for efficient, on-device deployment
- Hands-on experience with inference engines such as llama.cpp, vLLM, MLX, or Core ML
- Experience building agent harnesses for multi-step, closed-loop reasoning
- Track record of shipping products to users
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)