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

The aim is to deliver solutions for our customers in a timely and maintainable form. That requires team members to be flexible in addressing critical problems, stretching from early stage research, architecture definition, standards engagement via PoC activities, to upstream kernel and related code. Understanding how to get things done in the upstream kernel is key to this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• We are looking to recruit additional senior members for the team in the UK, with extensive existing experience of working in a relevant area and a desire to work closely with the open source community (existing experience is obviously great!).

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.

Required:

• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
• Able to work efficiently in a multi-cultural, multi-site, multi-language and rapidly changing environment. This may involve managing small focused teams.
• Enthusiastic about working within the open source community and able to shine within that environment.
• Able to grasp end to end platform design and understand the relevance to low level components.
• An excellent communicator.
• Interested in getting their hands dirty when needed. The team does not separate the roles of architect from that of implementation. Both reviewing and writing of code are central parts of the role.
• Expertise in the Linux Kernel and/or QEMU.

Desired:

• Expertise in core architecture and support for upcoming features, either ARM64 or other architectures (x86, MIPS, PPC, etc)
• Expertise in one or more major Linux kernel subsystems, e.g. Memory Management, Scheduling, KVM. (Need not be a subsystem we are focused on).
• Experience of other key aspects of the low-level stack, e.g. QEMU
• Kernel spanning topics such as virtualization, OS hardening, system performance.
• Open source engagement / standard organization experience.
• BS/MS/BE in Computer Science or a similar subject with 6+ years of appropriate experience. Alternative career paths also considered.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Interested in driving external collaborations both with industry partners and academia.
• Experience of opensource maintainer or reviewer roles highly desirable.
• Experience of taking ownership of a problem driving through to completion.

What we offer 

• 33 days annual leave entitlement per year (including UK public holidays)
• Group Personal Pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Medical expense claim scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company sports club and social events
• Additional time off for learning and development