Cogninn is a digital consulting company with expertise on AI and virtualization systems for telecom including future Internet application. Major activities are related to building intelligent (cognitive) systems for several industries using advanced signal and information processing technologies.

The suitable candidate will have to demonstrate the ability to develop 5G virtualized O-RAN (Radio Access Technologies) and MEC (Multi-access edge computing) technologies as well as the ability to realize innovative ideas as proof-of-concept implementations. The core focus of the new position is to contribute to the development of beyond 5G RAN protocols and MEC mechanisms by applying virtualization and open source technologies. The development of RAN and MEC technologies will be carried out according to the O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP/ETSI architectures. In addition to the technical work, the suitable candidate will contribute to collaborative team efforts on national and internal level through technology demonstrations, general project reporting and scientific publications.

• Contribution to the development of virtualized beyond-5G SDR technology solutions
• Contribution to the development of mobile edge computing server technology solutions
• Realization of core ideas as proof-of-concept demonstrator and integration into Cogninn’s 5G testbed platforms
• Analyze and investigate 3GPP and ETSI specifications
• Excellent analytical and team-working skills

• 1+ years of experience in mobile 5G RAN and MEC development (academic or industry)
• BSs (desirable MSc) degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline
• Solid 5G system RAN and MEC architecture knowledge
• Hands-on experience in the area of networking for the telecoms sector
• Understanding of cloud concepts and SDN+NFV is of advantage
• Expert in both C/C++ and Python in Linux environment on CPU/GPU platforms and/or expert in SDR FPGA Xilinx boards
• Technology dissemination experience through patent submission and journal/conference publications

Cogninn will provide a salary according to the experience in the above set of required skills and will guarantee a day-by-day growth of the “6G research engineer”.

To apply to this position, please send your full CV at info@cogninn.com.

Cogninn is looking for a “Operations Manager” in our office in Larissa (or Athens) to manage the business operations of several technology investment programs, which develop and deliver emerging technologies available into the market. Operations management aims to deal with the performance of various business management functions such as finance, marketing and accounting that play a critical role in the technology programs at Cogninn.

• Assemble and manage the investment projects that can best support tender submissions.
• Manage the end-to-end financial process, ensuring compliance and on time submissions of the project proposals.
• Developing, managing and optimizing business investment and marketing research plans.
• Describing and presenting socio-economic impacts of each technology portfolio.
• Drive continuous improvement through post proposal submission.
• Proofreading and overall quality review by helping prepare final submission.
• Μaintaining relationships with external investment managers and ensuring portfolios are implemented and monitored appropriately.
• Ensuring that relevant management information on projects and risk exposures is produced in a timely manner and disseminated to the involved stakeholders.
• Contributing to execution, business planning, reporting and random business requests and projects.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective professional relationships at all levels throughout the technology ecosystem as well as stakeholder management.

• 1 year in an operations management support function with a preference to a technology company.
• Demonstrable experience in project management including business and marketing research plans preparation and management.
• Manage stakeholders within the proposal team, set expectations and responsibilities.
• Excellent soft skills communication, coordination, negotiation through best marketing approach.
• Very good ability to analyze, interpret and discover correlation between financial, business and accounting data.
• Exceptional standard of written and verbal English.

• BS degree (MS desirable) in business such as economics, finance, administration and management.
• 1+ year experience in a combination of financing management, investment plan and marketing research for technology projects.
• Excellent use of MS Office and Internet tools.
• Excellent use (written and verbal) of English language.
• Knowledge of accounting and tax practices for project implementation.

Cogninn will ensure the professional progress of the “Operations Manager” by giving the chance to develop advanced financial and operations management skills to make emerging technologies available into the market through advanced investment programs.

To apply to this position, please send your full CV at info@cogninn.com.

Cogninn is a small enterprise with focus on developing AI systems for next generation digital infrastructures consist of emerging networking and computing technologies.

We are developing AI systems using machine and deep learning for networking and computing infrastructures for several applications such as telecom, Internet, biomedical and finance.

We are looking for an “Electronics Engineer”, who will work on FPGA and embedded systems implementation of complex functions and algorithms for use in 5G-A and AI products of Cogninn.

The main duties for this role is to contribute to the development and benchmarking of the following technologies:

• Design and develop the architecture and embedded software solutions of innovative signal processing systems including AI and 5G.
• 2+ years’ proven track record of hands-on FPGA development where you have taken ownership.
• 2+ years’ of VHDL and Verilog experience in Xilinx Zynq FPGA platforms.
• Embedded C development for ARM and Intel processors in Linux OS.
• Good understanding of technology tradeoffs, with a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Able to propose new prototype design mechanisms, frameworks and algorithms including novel ideas.

We are looking for an individual, who has the following qualifications:

• Experience in FPGA platforms development for SDR applications.
• FPGA interface with ARM processors.
• Experience in embedded C in ARM and x86 processors.
• Linux software kernel development and device driver development for SDR devices.
• Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or Physics with MSc) with specialization in electronics.

Cogninn will guarantee an environment to grow as Electronics engineer and scientist through technical management and service provision.

The work could be carried out in our office in Athens or Larissa. The gross salary depends on the broad level of experience to the qualifications mentioned above.

To apply to this position, please send your full CV at info@cogninn.com.

Cogninn is a small enterprise with focus on developing AI systems for next generation digital infrastructures that consist of emerging distributed computing technologies.

We are developing AI systems using machine and deep learning frameworks for digital infrastructures for several industries such as telecom, Internet, biomedical and finance.

We are looking for an Edge AI engineer, who will be able to propose and manage the deployment of AI solutions for different types of digital infrastructures.

The main duties for this role is to contribute to a list of the following coordination and management activities:

• Propose new and advanced hybrid digital solution architectures to enable AI deployment for application targets delivery.
• Keep building delivery know-how by staying current on technology market innovations and the latest methodology, tooling, and assets/accelerators.
• Set up and lead effective governance and program management office processes to manage the solution, decision-making, deliverables, stage gates, schedule, resources, and costs.
• Develop reasonable integrated project plans and drive teams to on-time and cost with quality completion.
• Producing technical reports on AI systems architectures including new features and elements.
• Proposing new relevant IT components that would add-value to the current and future digital technologies.
• Responsible for verifying and implementing the detailed technical design solution to the problem as identified by the Project/Technical Manager.
• Develops customer technology solutions using various industry products and technologies.

We are looking for an individual, who has the following qualifications:

• A BSc and MSc degree in computer science or engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in IT consulting in a customer or business facing capacity.
• 1+ year of experience in AI frameworks for data science and other applications.
• Experience of advanced technical consulting and advice to others on proposal efforts, solution design, system management, tuning and modification of solutions.
• Knowledge of machine learning modeling techniques and how to fine-tune those models, e.g. XGBoost, Deep Neural Networks, Transformers, ResNets, VAEs, GANs, Markov chains, etc.
• Experience of implementing and delivering data solutions and pipelines on cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, and AWS.
• A strong understanding of data modelling, data structures, databases, and ETL processes.
• An understanding of large-scale data sets, including both structured and unstructured data.
• Strong knowledge of at least one scripting language such as SQL, Python, Java, etc.
• Knowledge and experience of delivering CI/CD and DevOps capabilities in a data environment.
• Experience using specialized machine-learning libraries, eg. Fastai, Keras, Tensorflow, pytorch, sci-kit learn, huggingface, etc.
• Stakeholder management and communication skills, including prioritising, problem solving and interpersonal relationship building.
• Ability to understand and articulate requirements to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience proposing and delivering in an agile environment, utilizing enterprise-scale frameworks.
• First class written and verbal communication skills.

Cogninn will guarantee an environment to grow as an AI IT consultant through human resource management and services provision.

The work could be carried out remotely from any location in Greece. The gross salary depends on the broad level of experience to the qualifications mentioned above.

To apply to this position, please send your full CV at info@cogninn.com.