Summary
Janek Press is a Simulation Technology Manager with 10+ years of hands-on experience building robotics and battle simulations, applied research systems, VR visualizations, IoT prototypes and game-engine solutions. Currently leading simulation efforts at Milrem Robotics, he couples software architecture and team leadership with low-level engineering across C++, Java/Android, NDK and Unreal Engine. His background spans roles from freelance consultant to R&D manager, and he repeatedly bridges research and product delivery—most recently on autonomous off-road navigation and ecological planting projects. Outside software he applies technical skills to commercial cave and technical diving, bringing a pragmatic, test-driven mindset from extreme environments back into robust system design.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Team management, Team management at Self II
Management skills training, Management skills training at OPTI Personaliarendus OÜ
Software Faster, Software Faster at Dan North seminar
Manager training, Manager training at Master Class of Margus Alviste
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Tartu Ülikool
Negotiation technology/Executive communication, Negotiation technology/Executive communication at Estonoan Euromanagement Institute
Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium
MSc, Teacher of Mathermatics and Informatics, MSc, Teacher of Mathermatics and Informatics at University of Tartu
Estonian, English, German, Russian