Apple · 1 month ago
Sr. AI/ML QA Automation Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
3+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. The Sr. AI/ML QA Automation Engineer will work on the Photos team, contributing to the development and evaluation of AI-driven features and ensuring the quality of machine learning models.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Design and implement test strategies for qualifying subjective and ML-driven features
Perform Functional testing of existing/new features on various platforms across concurrent release vectors
Design and execute evaluation plans for multimodal ML models (vision, language, and cross-modal systems)
Develop and maintain robust testing frameworks for machine learning models
Automatic large scale data generation & Evaluation
Collaborate with QA teams to integrate models into existing test frameworks
Consider on-device ML performance constraints (latency, memory, energy) when designing tests and evaluation strategies
Qualification
Required
BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
3+ years of experience working in Software Quality Assurance
Strong software engineering skills, including system design, development, testing, debugging, release and maintenance
Expertise with hands on experience in automated software testing, data validation, and ethical AI practices
Familiarity with LLM usage to improve efficiency of their daily work
Ability to evaluate ML models directly (vision or multimodal) and diagnose model failures using quantitative and qualitative methods
Expertise in Python
Proficiency with iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS or similar operating systems
Preferred
Experience Testing AI Models for accuracy, robustness, fairness, and performance
Experience developing LLM based automated evaluation frameworks
Expertise in Swift and/or Obj-C
Strong programming skills in Python and experience with ML/NLP libraries
3+ years of proven ability in machine learning, including hands-on work with LLMs
Understanding of prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Knowledge of statistics based evaluation approaches, ML training pipelines and accuracy improvements of ML systems
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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