Location: Staines, Surrey, South East, UKResearch Engineer Staines-upon-Thames, UK 6-month contract initially up to £80 per hour Inside IR35iO Associates is looking for a Research Engineer to join a global, innovation-led technology organisation operating at scale, delivering cutting-edge products and platforms used by millions worldwide, where you'll play a key role in translating advanced AI research into production-ready mobile and edge technologies with real-world impact.Key Responsibilities:Optimise and deploy AI models end-to-end on mobile and edge devicesProfile and debug performance across OS, runtime, and model layersEvaluate deployment toolchains for latency, memory, and accuracy trade-offsBuild high-quality software prototypes and experimental systemsSkills & Experience:Strong Python and Rust skills with solid OS, performance, and debugging expertiseGood understanding of ARM architectures and ML/DL fundamentalsStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skillsExperience with C/C++, ARM64, and CPU architectures (desired)Hands-on on-device AI deployment and model optimisation (desired)Familiarity with secure computing and lightweight inference runtimes (e.g. ExecuTorch, llama.cpp) (desired)This is an excellent opportunity to work for a global electronics leader, so apply now for a confidential chat.TPBN1_UKTJ