Speech & Audio ML Algorithm Engineer

Imagine what you could do! Everyday, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you bring passion and dedication to your job? If so, we are looking for individuals like you. The Audio and Media Technologies (AMT) team is at the center of audio & video processing in innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod, Apple TV, and Vision Pro. AMT’s Audio team provides the audio foundation for various high profile features like Phone Calls, FaceTime, Siri, Audio Content Creation, Spatial Audio, and Media Capture and Playback. As part of the Audio Algorithms group, you will research and develop world class Audio Technologies across products.

The Audio Algorithms team is seeking a highly skilled and creative engineer interested in advancing audio technologies. As a member of the team, you will work together with other researchers to develop cutting-edge machine learning technologies for audio processing. You will research, implement, and optimize these features on products as we push the state of the art in audio technologies. You'll collaborate with multiple teams across product development, Acoustics, Audio Software, and others to integrate your ideas into products and build future technologies that will impact billions of customers.

• Hands-on experience in generative machine learning
• Hands-on experience developing machine learning pipelines
• Research experience in audio algorithm development using machine learning (released product features, patents, papers, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python and common software engineering practices

• MS/PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Experience with multimodal encoding, diffusion, flow matching, distillation
• Familiarity with developing ML for resource-constrained devices
• Familiarity with developing real-time speech and audio processing software
• Familiarity with psycho-acoustics, speech, and language modeling.

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 $139,500 and $258,100, 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 discretionary employee stock programs. Employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in 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, 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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