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AI Research Scientist - Multimodal Intelligence

Zurich, Switzerland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-03 → 2026-09-28

Core

Researching and developing methods to advance multimodal foundation models for real-world Apple products, focusing on alignment, reasoning, and adaptation in constrained environments.

Role type

Senior IC AI Research Scientist (Multimodal Foundation Models)

Builds

Customized foundation models and large-scale data pipelines for Apple's ecosystem (cloud and on-device)

Domain

Consumer Electronics / Generative AI / Multimodal Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow, large-scale distributed training pipelines, multimodal data curation, model evaluation

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/ML, publication record in top AI conferences, vision-language model training, model distillation, reinforcement learning

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, VisionPro, FaceID, RoomPlan

Responsibilities

Design and optimize large-scale data pipelines for robust training and evaluation of foundation models; Research techniques to improve model alignment, reasoning, and adaptation; Collaborate with engineers to integrate efficient models into Apple products

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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