Apple has 261 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on agents, accounting for 24% of the total, followed by application (22%) and serving infrastructure (21%). Engineering is the primary function for these positions, with the United States being the dominant hiring country. Frequent tech tags include model serving, inference infrastructure, and LLM observability. Over the last 30 days, Apple has posted 111 new AI roles, representing a 61% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 171 active AI roles, down 37% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $120k–$487k (avg $235k).
Apple currently has 233 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Machine Learning Engineer (4), AIML - Sr Data Scientist, Evaluation (2), Advanced Manufacturing Engineer(iPhone) - Smart Manufacturing (2), Machine Learning Engineer, Apple Services Engineering (2), Machine Learning Software Engineer (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Apple's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (30%), application (21%), serving infrastructure (14%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Apple is hiring AI talent in: United States (182 roles), China (17 roles), India (10 roles), United Kingdom (7 roles).
Job postings at Apple most frequently mention: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Large Language Models (LLMs), Statistics.
In the past 30 days, Apple has posted 80 new AI-related roles.
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| Operations Program Manager- NPI Operations Program Manager for New Product Introduction (NPI) at Apple, focusing on leading the operational aspects of product development and launch in Asia. The role involves managing cross-functional teams, engaging with manufacturing partners, and ensuring goals for time to market, cost, quality, and availability are met. Requires strong experience in supply chain management and consumer electronics manufacturing. | — | 0 |
| Global Supply Manager, Mac This role is for a Global Supply Manager for Mac enclosures at Apple. The primary responsibilities include sourcing, manufacturing development, execution, and production of mechanical enclosure parts. The role involves managing suppliers, developing cost strategies, cross-functional support, on-site manufacturing partner management, schedule and capacity planning, and risk mitigation using data-based analysis. A Master's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering is required, with an MBA being a plus. Experience in supply chain management, program management, and international travel is necessary. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of costing, various mechanical manufacturing techniques, and optionally, experience in data analysis, coding, and machine learning. |
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| Product Quality Engineer Product Quality Engineer role focused on end-to-end supplier quality control for consumer products, including incoming inspection, assembly, testing, and field returns. Requires collaboration with internal teams and suppliers, driving robust solutions for quality issues, performing audits, and communicating performance summaries. Experience with AIML on quality control is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Enclosure Global Supply Manager, iPad Supply Chain Manager for iPad enclosures, responsible for sourcing, manufacturing development, execution, and production. This role involves managing suppliers, cost strategies, cross-functional support, build support, on-time delivery, and risk mitigation. Requires experience in Supply Chain Management and a degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering. | — | 0 |
| Brittles Manufacturing Design Engineer The Brittles Manufacturing Design Engineer role at Apple focuses on developing and optimizing manufacturing processes and equipment for key design features in a high-volume manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include defining processes, selecting equipment, leading development at manufacturing sites, using data for decisions, and working with suppliers and quality engineers. Expertise is required in areas like CNC machining, surface finishing, assembly, or glass processing. | — | 0 |
| Brittles Manufacturing Design Engineer The Brittles Manufacturing Design Engineer role at Apple focuses on developing and optimizing manufacturing processes, selecting and designing equipment, and implementing automation for key design features. This role involves defining processes, leading manufacturing sites during development and ramp, using data for decisions, and working with suppliers and quality engineers. Specializations include CNC machining, surface finishing, assembly, and glass processing. | — | 0 |
| Sales - Leadership & Learning Executive (Vietnam) Sales and leadership role focused on strategic engagements with K-12 education customers in Vietnam, promoting Apple products and services to transform teaching and learning. Requires deep knowledge of the education market, strong presentation skills, and the ability to drive change. | — | 0 |
| Enclosure Global Supply Manager, Brittles Global Supply Manager for mechanical enclosures at Apple, responsible for sourcing, manufacturing development, execution, and production. The role involves managing suppliers, capacity planning, production strategy, program management, risk mitigation, and cost strategy. Requires a degree in engineering or equivalent and demonstrated supply chain management experience. | — | 0 |
| Enclosure Global Supply Manager, Brittles Global Supply Manager for mechanical enclosures, responsible for sourcing, manufacturing development, execution, and production. This role involves managing suppliers, capacity planning, production strategy, program management, risk mitigation, and cost strategy. Requires a degree in Engineering and demonstrated Supply Chain Management experience. | — | 0 |
| Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Audio This role focuses on designing, developing, and scaling precision assembly and measurement processes for Apple products. It involves researching and implementing novel automation technologies, owning engineering challenges from concept to production, and collaborating with cross-functional teams and global partners. The role requires expertise in manufacturing equipment, automation solutions, statistical tools, and failure analysis, with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant engineering field and at least 3 years of experience. | — | 0 |
