Senior ML Software Engineer, Watch Software

About the role

The team you will join is responsible for creating the technologies that power new, innovative product features for Apple Watch, like DoubleTap, AssistiveTouch, Handwashing, and Raise to Speak. We are highly collaborative and partner with a variety of research and product teams across Apple to explore novel experiences and ship features. We are looking for a versatile Machine Learning Software Engineer who is passionate about developing innovative, ML-driven product features that push the boundaries of sensing and human-computer interaction, and who can work across disciplines - from training advanced models to rapid on-device prototyping and full-scale productization. In this hybrid role, you'll collaborate closely with designers, ML engineers, and software experts to transform ambitious, loosely defined ideas into next-generation sensing experiences that reach millions of Apple Watch users worldwide. Your responsibilities will include: - Develop and optimize ML algorithms leveraging multimodal sensor data - like motion and audio - to detect user activities and contextual situations that enhance our understanding of real-world behavior - Integrate and deploy ML models on-device, building power-efficient frameworks that encapsulate models, interface seamlessly with sensors, and communicate effectively with UX layers - Drive innovation from concept to deployment, ensuring promising research ideas evolve into high-impact, user-facing features - Design and implement tools, analytics, and processes to perform in-depth, hands-on analysis for validating and quantifying algorithm performance both offline and on-device