AI Platform Engineer: Build Real-World AI for Engineering

congatec GmbH; Penang; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

congatec GmbH is seeking an AI Specialist to join its growing AI Team in Penang. You will design, build, and operate practical AI solutions that enhance engineering workflows for COM modules, embedded software, and related processes.

The role focuses on R&D workflows, data engineering, and model operations within an open-source AI ecosystem. You will collaborate with a distributed team, work on LLM integrations, vector search, RAG pipelines, and agent-based automation, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience in applied AI / ML engineering or AI-focused software development.
• Proficiency in Python is a must.
• Solid understanding of LLMs, embeddings, RAG, vector databases, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience building and integrating AI services, APIs, and backend solutions.
• Familiarity with open-source AI technologies and self-hosted deployments.
• Good understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management, and deployment concepts.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering, IT, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and iterate on AI solutions that address concrete engineering and business challenges – with a primary focus on R&D workflows
• Contribute to the development and operation of the congatec AI platform, including RAG pipelines, vector search, LLM integrations, and agent-based automation
• Work with internal knowledge sources, technical documentation, and enterprise data to build and maintain AI-powered knowledge systems
• Implement and improve AI-assisted workflows for engineering teams working on hardware design, embedded software, component selection, documentation, and testing
• Evaluate, integrate, and operate open-source AI technologies in a secure, governed enterprise environment
• Contribute to the development of the agent framework and support the deployment of production agents
• Collaborate closely with the AI Specialist in Germany and the Senior AI Architect to align your work with platform architecture and standards
• Contribute input and implementation experience to the definition of best practices and technical documentation for sustainable AI adoption

Skills

AI engineering

Python

LLMs & RAG

Open-source AI

MLOps

Education

Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science

Tools

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

congatec GmbH is seeking an AI Specialist to join its growing AI Team in Penang. You will design, build, and operate practical AI solutions that enhance engineering workflows for COM modules, embedded software, and related processes.

The role focuses on R&D workflows, data engineering, and model operations within an open-source AI ecosystem. You will collaborate with a distributed team, work on LLM integrations, vector search, RAG pipelines, and agent-based automation, and contribute to