AIML - Research Scientist, Health — Apple Retail Switzerland
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 133 days ago
Role overview
Summary
The Personalized AI for Science (PAIS) team is at the forefront of machine learning and health science at Apple.
- Summary
- The Personalized AI for Science (PAIS) team is at the forefront of machine learning and health science at Apple.
Application process
- We are a close-knit team of deeply technical AI/ML research scientists who incubate ambitious research ideas and develop new statistical/ML methodologies, ultimately in service of new Apple health and wellbeing applications.
- We are seeking a research scientist who combines deep learning (and/or signal processing) experience with a rigorous foundation in statistics.
- The ideal candidate is passionate about model robustness and scientific rigor, ensuring that the models we deploy meet the high evidentiary standards required of health applications. Description
- In this role, you will design, train, and adapt modern deep learning models on unique health data, and apply your statistical expertise to evaluate them rigorously — going beyond aggregate accuracy to interrogate model behavior across populations, distributional shifts, and clinically meaningful subgroups.
- You will be expected to engage substantively with health as an application area, developing the domain knowledge needed to ask the right modeling questions and evaluate models against the realities of clinical and wellbeing use.
- You will work closely with collaborators across research and product teams, and contribute to features that ultimately reach a billion Apple devices worldwide. Minimum Qualifications
- Hands-on experience designing and training modern deep learning models and architectures, including foundation models, self-supervised pretraining, multimodality, and parameter-efficient adaptation
- Experience characterizing and improving the robustness of ML models under distributional shifts that are common in health data (subject variability, device heterogeneity, temporal drift)
Additional details
- The ideal candidate is passionate about model robustness and scientific rigor, ensuring that the models we deploy meet the high evidentiary standards required of health applications.
- You will work closely with collaborators across research and product teams, and contribute to features that ultimately reach a billion Apple devices worldwide. Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to design and execute non-trivial model evaluations beyond standard validation
Notes and original content
- Description
- You will work closely with collaborators across research and product teams, and contribute to features that ultimately reach a billion Apple devices worldwide.
- Minimum Qualifications
Questions about this listing
What salary does Apple Retail Switzerland offer for this role?
Apple Retail Switzerland lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Zurich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Apple Retail Switzerland offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Apple Retail Switzerland during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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