AIML Resident - Vision Foundation Model
Job Description
Summary
Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Combining groundbreaking machine learning research with next-generation hardware, our teams take user experiences to the next level!
Description
Apple’s AIML residency is a year-long program inviting experts in various fields to apply their own domain expertise to innovate and build revolutionary machine learning and AI-based products and experiences. As AI-based solutions spread across disciplines, the need for domain experts to understand machine learning and apply their expertise in ML settings grows.
Residents will have the opportunity to attend ML and AI courses, learn from an Apple mentor closely involved in their program, collaborate with fellow residents, gain hands-on experience working on high-impact projects, publish in premier academic conferences, and partner with Apple teams across hardware, software, and services.
Our Vision Foundation Model team is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art technologies for vision and vision-language foundation models. We've successfully created a series of innovative models, including MM1 & 1.5, Ferret & Ferret-UI, and MOFI image embedding models, specializing in image/video generation, multimodal large language, and embedding capabilities.
Residents will have the opportunity to attend ML and AI courses, learn from an Apple mentor closely involved in their program, collaborate with fellow residents, gain hands-on experience working on high-impact projects, publish in premier academic conferences, and partner with Apple teams across hardware, software, and services.
Our Vision Foundation Model team is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art technologies for vision and vision-language foundation models. We've successfully created a series of innovative models, including MM1 & 1.5, Ferret & Ferret-UI, and MOFI image embedding models, specializing in image/video generation, multimodal large language, and embedding capabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, Objective-C, C++, Swift, and/or R. Candidates should have experience completing a moderate-sized software project
- Demonstrated ability to connect and collaborate with others
- Graduate degree in a STEM field or equivalent industry experience in software engineering
- Apple’s AIML residency is a one-year program starting in July 2025. Residents must be available to work full-time (40 hours/week) July 14, 2025 - July 10, 2026
Preferred Qualifications
- Ideal candidates will also have academic, research, or industry experience in at least one of the following Computer Vision, Large Language Models / Generative AI, or Machine Learning & ML Research. Thesis, capstone project, internship, co-op, and/or proven experience in these fields qualifies
- We encourage you to submit a cover letter as part of your application explaining: What are your research interests? How do they apply to the specific Residency position you applied to? Why would you would like to join the AIML residency program broadly?
- APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 16, 2024
