About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have 207,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

Huawei continues to invest in basic research and open innovation, and accommodates and addresses customer needs with an open mind, while steering these needs with science and technology. We have also built flexible business models and encourage numerous industries to adopt a vast range of models and applications. Through such initiatives, we are bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

We seek and reward talent! At Huawei, if you are dedicated to creativity, engagement of technical risks and delivery of target-driven results, your efforts will be rewarded with outstanding career prospects.

About Huawei Finland R&D

With 28 sites across Europe and over 2000 researchers, Huawei’s European Research Institute (ERI) oversees fundamental and applied technology research, academic research cooperation projects, and strategic technical planning across our network of European R&D facilities. Huawei Finland Research Center was established in 2012. At our sites in Helsinki and Tampere, you will have an outstanding opportunity to be part of the leading research and development of future smart devices. We offer a career in a forward-looking industrial research team with a solid track record in innovation and publication and delivering its result as factual contributions to on-the-market devices.

The Wearable team of Helsinki based Hardware and System Lab is seeking a Chief Biosensor Application Expert focusing on planning, design and development of the applications of next generation biosensors for wearable devices. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing and testing biosensor application proof-of-concepts and researches for the next generation wearable devices.

Main Tasks:

• - Build up the technical roadmap of the next generation biosensors and the applications. Help the team to understand the potentials, and to find the new directions, including health domain, e.g. hydration, blood pressure, lactate, glucose, lipids and any other valuable biomarkers, as well as the sports domain, e.g. fitness, fatigue, recovery, etc.
• - Spearhead the research and development on next generation bio-sensing solutions, especially optical based biomarker detection, e.g. blood pressure, lactate, glucose, hydration, and etc., to ensure the world leading competitiveness in the market
• - Manage the R&D for of innovative biosensor prototype. Lead the team to deliver cutting edge bio-sensing technologies and applications to Huawei wearable products

Requirements:

• - PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering or other strongly related majors.
• - Solid knowledge and rich experience on sports and health sensing technologies.
• - Deep understanding of the physiology related to sports and health wearable sensing.
• - 5+ years’ work experiences in world’s leading companies, academics or research institutes in this domain.
• - Deep understanding of the SOTA of this domain, and wide connections with potential partners, including top professors, startups, etc.
• - Strong team working skills, innovative mindset and a positive attitude.
• - Good communication skills in written and spoken English.

Contract period and starting date: The position is a full-time employee position. We expect you to start as soon as possible.

Working place: Ruoholahti, Helsinki

Working at Huawei in an international atmosphere is fun and the opportunity to develop your skills and competences is endless. Our global locations also provide you opportunity to relocate around the world. Are you ready for the challenge?