ml engineer for embedded and real-time systems

RT-RK is a premium embedded software development house in Southeast Europe focused on consumer electronics and infotainment systems. The company develops embedded systems, digital television, Android, consumer and industrial IoT solutions, CI/CD platforms, and automotive infotainment systems powering millions of devices and systems worldwide.

• Design, build, and ship machine learning solutions for embedded and real-time environments;
• Manage the full model lifecycle, including data, training, optimization, integration, deployment, and monitoring;
• Establish foundational MLOps infrastructure;
• Tailor models for constrained targets through quantization and pruning;
• Balance accuracy, memory, and latency requirements;
• Collaborate with embedded, DTV, Android, IoT, automotive, and CI/CD business units;
• Build RAG systems and multi-agent workflows for engineering bottlenecks;
• Define team needs, interview candidates, and establish engineering standards, tooling, and review practices;
• Provide structured engineering mentorship and help develop interns into colleagues;
• Communicate with stakeholders across the company about AI capabilities and limitations.

• Experience shipping machine learning solutions to production for real users;
• Hands-on experience with embedded and/or real-time systems, including memory and CPU budgets and debugging on target hardware;
• Advanced proficiency in Python;
• Practical experience with machine learning and deep learning frameworks;
• Experience with MLOps tooling;
• Ability to work without a fully defined roadmap and help define the role's scope;
• University degree in computer technology or computer science;
• Very good knowledge of English;
• Nice to have: experience applying AI to source code, knowledge sharing through conference talks, internal technical presentations, or university lecturing.

• Technical and soft skills training, English language courses, e-learning, and access to a professional library;
• Private health insurance and annual medical check-ups;
• Flexible working hours with a start time between 7 and 10 AM;
• Opportunities to travel and work abroad;
• Social and sports activities, team-building events, theater tickets, and monthly Friday events.