Engineering Project Manager AI Features Internationalization
Cupertino, CA - USA
Job Summary
In this role you will lead the technical integration of generative AI and machine learning features across 25 languages and 40 countries. You will sit at the critical intersection of Core ML Modeling Data Science Hardware Engineering and Global Product Readiness. You are not just managing localization workyou are managing the technical dependencies data pipelines and model evaluation required to ensure Apples AI features perform with high accuracy safety and cultural relevance worldwide. You will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of international features from initial data collection and model evaluation to final software and hardware integration.
AI Feature Orchestration: Facilitate deep technical coordination between Core ML Software Engineering Hardware Engineering and Product Design to integrate AI features into international locales across software and hardware -to-End Schedule Management: Produce and manage the master schedule for i18n deliverables ensuring all cross-functional dependenciesfrom model training and fine-tuning to UI implementation and hardware readinessare aligned for global Data Operations: Direct the lifecycle of international data generation. Lead timelines for data collection seek budget approvals for global datasets coordinate with data collection teams and vendors and iterate on data playbooks to improve model evaluation across diverse languages and Evaluation and Quality: Drive international model evaluation strategy across audio vision language and fusion models. Ensure eval coverage exists for target markets and identify performance gaps that could impact the customer experience -Software AI Integration: Drive international readiness for AI features that span hardware on-device ML and companion softwarecoordinating across hardware engineering NPS and regional QA teams for new product introductions (NPI).nnTechnical Risk and Mitigation: Proactively identify and mitigate risks unique to global AI such as linguistic bias cultural representation gaps in vision models regional model performance degradation and data collection constraints in international Leadership: Navigate complex internal organizations to surface risks drive decisions on feature-by-country gating and provide clear status to executive stakeholders across engineering product marketing and program leadership.
5 years of experience as an Engineering Program/Project Manager (EPM) Technical Program Manager (TPM) or similar technical leadership role within a software or hardware engineering Lifecycle Mastery: Proven track record of managing the end-to-end development lifecycle for complex multi-team features spanning software and -Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies across backend engineering (Modeling/Core ML) front-end implementation hardware and QA teams across multiple Product Expertise: Direct experience shipping products globally with a deep understanding of internationalization (i18n) and the architectural and data challenges of scaling AI features for global Ambiguity: Ability to drive projects independently make sound technical decisions with incomplete information and influence teams without direct : Ability to translate highly technical AI/ML concepts into clear lightweight executive-level status updates and risk assessments.
AI/ML Domain Depth: Hands-on experience driving AI/ML feature work including familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) vision models Natural Language Processing (NLP) or model evaluation Product Introduction (NPI): Experience with international launch of hardware products containing ML/AI capabilities including hardware access restrictions data collection logistics and field testing Pipeline Management: Experience managing large-scale data generation annotation and evaluation workflows specifically for non-English locales and diverse cultural 18n Engineering Standards: Technical knowledge of internationalization standards (e.g. Unicode CLDR) and the architectural challenges of scaling models and Inclusion: Experience with demographic representation in ML training data and evaluation including cultural and religious diversity and Resource Strategy: Experience managing significant budgets for international data acquisition and coordinating with global data Proficiency: Ability to use data tools (e.g. SQL Python or internal dashboards) to track model performance project health and other analytics. n
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