About Huawei Research and Development UK Limited

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 207,000 employees and operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go.

This spirit of innovation has led Huawei to work in close partnership with leading academic institutions in the UK to develop and refine the latest technologies. With a shared commitment to innovation and progress, both parties have worked together to achieve common goals and establish a strong partnership. The partnership between UK and Huawei help to develop the technologies of the future that will transform the way we all communicate, work and live.

For the past 30 years we have maintained an unwavering focus, rejecting shortcuts and easy opportunities that don't align with our core business. With a practical approach to everything we do, we concentrate our efforts and invest patiently to drive technological breakthroughs.

This strategic focus is a reflection of our core values:

• staying customer-centric,
• inspiring dedication,
• persevering,
• Growing by reflection

Huawei Research and Development UK Limited Overview

Huawei’s vision is a fully connected, intelligent world. To achieve this, we work to inspire passion for basic research around the world. Our combined passion drives development across the global innovation value chain. Huawei has the largest Research and Development organization in the world with 96,000+ employees in research centers around the globe. In the UK, we already have design centers in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Ipswich. We continue to explore and define new research directions and new services. We have expanded our collaborations with academic researchers; researched new network architectures, integration of communications and key enabling technologies; and developed the fundamental theories of these technologies. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey and drive your career forward.

Job Summary / Project Background

The Cangjie programming language is a new-generation programming language oriented towards full-scenario intelligence. The programme features native intelligence, is naturally suitable for all scenarios, offers high performance and strong security. It is mainly applied in scenarios such as native applications and service applications of HarmonyOS NEXT, providing developers with a good programming experience.

Huawei is offering high calibre candidates exclusive Internship opportunities to gain valuable experience based in its Edinburgh Research Centre. As an intern you will be expected to quickly learn this new Cangjie language and be able to develop interesting projects based on Cangjie and share your implementations to promote its influence and attracting new users offering innovative ideas.

Key Responsibilities: 

This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Research and Development UK Limited.

Internship Objectives

• Provide best practices for Cangjie language: as part of the Cangjie language ecosystem construction, demonstrate the practices to European users.
• Develop a popular project into Cangjie version: select one of your favourite computer science projects and convert it into Cangjie version.

Internship Plan

• Month 1: Focus on learning the basic knowledge and related tools of Cangjie language, master necessary programming skills, and output corresponding community documents.
• Month 2: Project development. Transplant and optimise your selected project based on the characteristics of Cangjie language.
• Month 3: Complete the conversion, perform optimisation and performance tests, produce related technical documents and summaries, and prepare for the release of results.

*Ideally, we’d love for you to join us for 3 months (a full project period), but we’re happy to adapt to your availability.

Internship Deliverables

• Construct a website to demonstrate your developed projects and for sharing your technical summaries and experiences.
• The project achievements may also be released to open-source platforms or promoted through blogs and forums to increase the exposure of Cangjie language.