Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Human Sensing
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- Level
- Staff / principal
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 21, 2026
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About this role
The Human and Object Understanding team (HOUr) in the Intelligent System Experience (ISE) organization is looking for an exceptional Machine Learning (ML) Technical Lead with deep expertise in Computer Vision and Machine Learning to anchor the technical direction of our multimodal Human Sensing team.
In this pivotal leadership role, you will act as the principal technical driver and trusted partner to engineering leadership by driving project scoping, setting evaluation and KPI standards, shaping dataset collection strategies, and ensuring cross functional alignment.
You will be part of a dynamic, high impact Applied Research organization building foundation models for facial and full body perception. You will work on cutting edge machine learning that sits at the heart of the most loved features across Apple platforms, including Apple Intelligence, Camera, Photos, Visual Intelligence, and next generation device experiences.