The Speech Team within the Siri organization drives major speech recognition, synthesis and speech to speech model changes for various features deeply embedded throughout Apple's ecosystem. Our mission is to build cutting-edge infrastructure, datasets, and models that empower Siri conversational AI, dictation and various speech enabled Apple Intelligence features with powerful capabilities across natural language understanding, dialog generation, speech recognition, and multi-modal interaction. We apply these technologies to create engaging, intelligent, and personalized conversational experiences for millions of Apple users.
We believe that the most impactful breakthroughs in deep learning emerge when we address real-world problems at scale. We develop speech to speech experiences and the underlying multimodal foundation model technology for current and future speech-enabled features across Apple's software, hardware, and services ecosystem. This allows for cutting edge applied research anchored in Apple specific production needs, while improving speech interaction experiences for Apple's customers around the world.

Description:

You will work alongside a fast-growing team of world-class engineers and scientists to tackle core problems in dialog systems and foundation models- ranging from natural language understanding and multi-turn context tracking, to the integration of speech, text, and other modalities. You will develop and deploy novel deep learning technologies that make Siri more intelligent, natural, and useful. You'll help us advance the state of the art in natural language processing, speech and audio modeling, and multi-modal learning, with a strong focus on bringing your innovations into production. Your ideas will directly impact the daily lives of billions of users through Siri.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with conversational AI or multimodal LLM

Experience with large scale machine learning training/evaluation

Data-centric vision about foundation model

Minimum Qualifications:

Demonstrated expertise in deep learning with publication record in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, KDD, ACL, ICASSP, Inter Speech) or a track record in applying deep learning techniques to products

Proficient programming skills in Python and one of the deep learning toolkits such as Py Torch, JAX, or Tensorflow

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Pay & Benefits:

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $272,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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