AIML - Senior ML Research Engineer, AFM Safety
Core
Lead research and application of safety methods for Apple's foundation models, focusing on agentic safety, model character/persona, and multimodal safety (audio/vision).
Role type
Senior IC ML Research Engineer (Safety)
Builds
Safety solutions, evaluation data, and alignment methods for large language models and multimodal systems
Domain
AI Safety, Foundation Models, Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Applied ML, model training, safety research, coding in real-world codebases, LLM safety post-training, agentic safety, multimodal safety (audio/vision), model character/persona design
Preferred skills
PhD in CS/ML, LLM post-training experience, agentic safety, multimodal safety, cross-team collaboration
Technologies
LLMs, audio/vision models, agentic systems
Responsibilities
Define and deliver safety methods for foundation models; research safety risks of agentic systems; safeguard model character and persona; build training and evaluation frameworks for safety; research alignment and robustness methods; partner with product teams on requirements and delivery
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC