# AI Research Engineer - Chip Design

As a member of our ML group, you will research and build AI systems that change how Apple silicon is designed. Many of these problems are still open: the right way to frame the problem isn't known yet, and the data is scarce or noisy. Description We are looking for a strong researcher who enjoys working closely with design teams to turn open-ended questions into well-posed research problems, and who wants to see the results used in real projects. Success in this role means models and agents that measurably improve designed chip metrics (Power, Performance, and Area) and design turnaround. You will join a growing team of AI and software engineers working with Apple's chip design teams. Minimum Qualifications MSc with a research thesis, or PhD, in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related quantitative field Research track record in which you led both problem formulation and execution, shown through peer-reviewed publications, a substantial thesis, or equivalent work Strong AI fundamentals and hands-on experience building, training, and evaluating deep learning models in Python (e.g., PyTorch) Hands-on experience with generative AI, such as b

- **Id**: 3677310
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-ai-research-engineer-chip-design-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Herzliya, Israel
- **Countries**: IL
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T10:15:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:49:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

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- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
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- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

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- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 835
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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Multi-Agent Systems** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: yes
- **Knowledge Distillation** — Optional: yes
- **Model Distillation** — Optional: yes
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T11:34:00Z

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- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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