Machine Learning Research Manager, Speech and Multimodal Modeling

The Speech Team within the Siri organization drives major speech recognition, synthesis and speech to speech model changes for various features deeply embedded throughout Apple's ecosystem. Our team owns on-device accurate and private speech recognition models across various systems on chip and hardware platforms with diverse compute restrictions, enabling prominent production user experiences.

This team drives core technology advances while fulfilling major production needs, including developing speech to speech experiences and the underlying multimodal foundation model technology for current and future speech-enabled features across Apple's software, hardware, and services ecosystem. This allows for cutting edge applied research anchored in Apple specific production needs, while improving speech interaction experiences for Apple's customers around the world. Our technology powers speech interaction for iOS, watchOS, visionOS, macOS, tvOS, including Siri, Dictation and various speech enabled Apple Intelligence features.

Description

We are seeking an exceptional machine learning research manager with deep technical expertise and strong cross-functional leadership skills to drive applied modeling research, deliver foundational models that support large-scale project development, and contribute to advancing our data processing, modeling, and evaluation tooling. In this role, you will lead core modeling initiatives in speech understanding and speech-to-speech interactions.","responsibilities":"Deliver speech models and multimodal foundation models enabling step function quality improvements and new speech experiences

Oversee applied research and development closely, anchored in Apple's needs around high quality, efficient and private speech to speech models

Hands-on leadership to multiply productivity of their team by removing technical blockers

Collaborate with cross function teams on data processing, model development tooling, and evaluation

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of experiences working in and leading machine learning research and development

Experience working on speech modeling, delivering research and production outcomes

Experience with both speech understanding and generation preferred

Prior experience leading a machine learning team

Hands-on experiences with large scale machine learning model development

Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies efficiently and apply them effectively

Proven ability to define and drive processes to increase development productivity and support complex project execution

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