# AIML - Apple Foundation Models: ML Research Engineer, RL & Agentic Reasoning

Join Apple’s Generative AI team in Zurich as a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in foundation model post-training! Our team advances reinforcement learning (RL) for agentic tool use, planning and reasoning to enhance Apple’s foundation models. Our work directly shapes Apple Intelligence features such as Siri-impacting billions of users-while contributing to state-of-the-art research. You’ll collaborate with a dedicated group of researchers in Zurich and work closely with Apple’s core Foundation Model teams in Cupertino and NY. Description In our team, you will: - Develop and scale RL methods to improve reasoning, instruction following, multi-turn dialogue, and reduce hallucinations in large language models. - Design and train agents with tool use, planning, and API integration to reliably accomplish tasks. - Build and refine reward models, evaluators, datasets, and simulation environments (e.g., for RLHF, RLAIF, and RLVF). - Run large-scale experiments, analyze results, and translate findings into both research contributions and practical improvements for Apple Intelligence. - Collaborate within a Europe-based team of ~35 RL/ML experts, coordinating closely with Apple’s found

- **Id**: 4066491
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-aiml-apple-foundation-models-ml-research-engineer-rl-agentic-reasoning>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Zurich, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-09-01T13:01:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T01:40:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 439
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2395
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 607
- **Ghost share**: 0.002
- **Stale share**: 0.005
- **Repost share**: 0.082
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 149
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **JAX** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Post-training** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Reward Modeling** — Optional: no
- **RLAIF** — Optional: no
- **RLHF** — Optional: no
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 439

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T11:26:07Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-11T22:29:36Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-15T01:40:48Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 11
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.404
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 439
- **Expected fill days**: 149
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T02:26:16Z

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