About this role

Apple is hiring a mid-level Research Scientist in the machine learning function based in Cambridge, MA. The posting calls out experience with PyTorch, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, A/B Testing. Listed education preference: a Ph.D. or equivalent.

Role: Research Scientist
Function: machine learning
Level: mid
Track: Individual contributor
Location: Cambridge, MA
Education: Ph.D. preferred
Department: Machine Learning and AI
Posted: May 15, 2026

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Mid-level research scientist conducting foundational machine learning research, publishing in top-tier venues, and collaborating across Apple teams. Requires PhD in Computer Science or equivalent, demonstrated ML research expertise with publications, and hands-on deep learning experience.

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Job description

from Apple careers

Play a part in building the next revolution of machine learning technology. We're looking for passionate mid-level and senior researchers to work on ambitious curiosity driven long-term research projects that will impact the future of Apple, and our products. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative foundational research in machine learning.

As a member of the team, you will be inspired by a diversity of challenging problems, collaborate with world-class machine learning engineers and researchers to impact the future of Apple products, and publish some of your results in high-quality scientific venues.
In this position you will be responsible for pushing the boundaries of machine learning research. You will publish your results in top tier conferences and journal venues, making sure that your research results are reproducible and of high quality. You will collaborate with researchers to propose a research plan to advance our understanding of machine learning and execute it through implementation and experimentation, in collaboration with your colleagues. You will provide technical guidance, and prepare technical reports for publication and conference talks. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with broader teams across Apple.
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>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 working with deep learning toolkits such as PyTorch.
Strong mathematical skills in linear algebra and statistics.
PhD, or equivalent practical experience, in Computer Science, or related technical field.
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment, implement and communicate solutions.
Ability to work in a diverse collaborative environment.