Safety & Contextual Algorithms Validation Engineer

The Motion Safety & Activity Context team at Apple is seeking a talented engineer to enhance contextual awareness and safety features. This role involves ensuring high performance and quality of multi-modal sensor-based algorithms for features like Crash Detection and Fall Detection. The engineer will challenge algorithm design, define KPIs, utilize generative AI for performance assessment, and create automated monitoring systems. The position requires profiling large datasets and collaborating with stakeholders to drive end-to-end user experience.

Must Have

• Challenge the design and implementation of sensor based algorithms
• Define KPIs & performance targets and analyze analytics for algorithm verification and validation
• Utilize cutting edge generative AI techniques to assess algorithm performance
• Create automated monitoring and evaluation systems to constantly track feature performance
• Profile, process, and evaluate large structured and unstructured datasets
• Participate and present in code review, and data review
• Perform comprehensive assessments of AI model outputs to identify areas of enhancement and facilitate algorithm improvements
• Communicate with upstream (e.g. hardware) and downstream (e.g. app) stakeholders to drive end-to-end user experience of the feature.

Good to Have

• Ability to work in dynamic environment with shifting priorities and schedules
• Familiarity building data pipelines for large-scale data processing
• Experience working with databases (SQL/NoSQL), comfortable with query languages and designing tables, views, indices
• Familiarity with AWS services/API such as S3
• Familiarity testing hardware and/or testing software (including designing, implementing and executing test plans)
• Detail-oriented, able to find bugs, investigate & debug issues, and drive solutions to difficult problems
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, self-motivated, laser-focused, and solution-oriented

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition) for formal education related to advancing career at Apple
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Motion Safety & Activity Context team is looking for a talented engineer to drive design data quality and algorithm performance to develop the next generation of contextual awareness, and safety features. Your role will include ensuring the highest performance and quality of multi-modal sensor based algorithms that impact the lives of customers every day.

Our team’s work enables key features like Crash Detection for severe car crashes, Fall Detection, Movement Disorders API and an advanced Activity Classification. We are a dynamic, collaborative group that works at the intersection of scientific research and product development. We develop science-backed designs of best-in-class AI/ML models that capture the multifactorial nature of human health and behavior, delivering insights straight to our customers. We promote innovation and new technology to further improve our creative output. We are seeking a tenacious and passionate person to join this amazing team. If you feel this is you, we’d love to hear from you.

• Challenge the design and implementation of sensor based algorithms
• Define KPIs & performance targets and analyze analytics for algorithm verification and validation
• Utilize cutting edge generative AI techniques to assess algorithm performance
• Create automated monitoring and evaluation systems to constantly track feature performance
• Profile, process, and evaluate large structured and unstructured datasets
• Participate and present in code review, and data review
• Perform comprehensive assessments of AI model outputs to identify areas of enhancement and facilitate algorithm improvements
• Communicate with upstream (e.g. hardware) and downstream (e.g. app) stakeholders to drive end-to-end user experience of the feature.

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Background in one or more of the following domains: time-series analysis, signal processing, sensor fusion, machine learning, AI models, statistics, proficient at coding in Python and/or Matlab
• Proficient at data analysis, data visualization, and reporting
• Experience in validating AI models, crafting benchmarks and evaluation protocols, and performing statistical analysis.

• Ability to work in dynamic environment with shifting priorities and schedules
• Familiarity building data pipelines for large-scale data processing
• Experience working with databases (SQL/NoSQL), comfortable with query languages and designing tables, views, indices, familiarity with AWS services/API such as S3 is a plus
• Familiarity testing hardware and/or testing software (including designing, implementing and executing test plans) is a plus
• Detail-oriented, able to find bugs, investigate & debug issues, and drive solutions to difficult problems
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, self-motivated, laser-focused, and solution-oriented

At , 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.

employees also have the opportunity to become a shareholder through participation in ’s discretionary employee stock programs. employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in ’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 , 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 Benefits.

Note: benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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