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# Research Scientist / Engineer, Foundation Model Evaluation

Cupertino, United States of America Research & Science 

Listed on Apple’s official careers site. Posted March 25, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Apple’s careers site →](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200652910/research-scientist-engineer-foundation-model-evaluation)

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## Job description

We build frontier foundation models that power intelligent experiences at Apple.

### Our team works across the full training lifecycle

including pre-training foundation models, and developing mid-training approaches that bridge general capability and task-specific performance. What makes our work distinct is that we're engineering models specifically for Apple silicon and optimized for experiences that are private, personal, and deeply integrated into the OS. We're solving frontier problems in reward modeling to resist reward hacking, handling sparse and delayed rewards in agentic settings, and aligning models reliably across the spectrum from open-ended creative tasks to precise, action-taking workflows.

If you're drawn to hard problems where the research and the product are inseparable, this is the team.

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Mar 25, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Jul 10, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
- Listed for: 207 days
- Location: Cupertino, United States of America[Apply on Apple’s careers site →](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200652910/research-scientist-engineer-foundation-model-evaluation)

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