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.

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.

Join our innovative multi-disciplinary R&D team and enhance your expertise while contributing to pioneering research. As a Project Assistant, you'll be in charge of administration tasks of the team and the Health lab. Our advanced facility is equipped with cutting-edge tools like wearable sensors, indirect calorimetry systems, electrocardiograms, and respiratory gas analyzers, enabling precise monitoring of physiological and biomechanical responses during exercise and other activities. Help shape the future of wearable technology with groundbreaking research and impactful solutions.Check out our lab here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBNBCI8K4Jc

Your responsibilities:

• Provide support to Line Manager and Project Owner under assigned resources, deadlines, and project targets
• Coordinate daily operations and support project team and monitor and report the project deliverables
• Organize project/team meetings and workshops including generating meeting minutes
• Coordinate a cross functional team to deliver the project requirements
• Support project budget forecasting and monitor the execution and maintain project milestones and documentations
• Support the project asset management and procurement
• Support the patent process, contract signing, and GDPR consulting
• Perform other assistant duties as assigned such as arranging team activities and handle administrative tasks e.g. working timesheet and travel management for team consultants, onboarding arrangement for new team members, organize international conferences etc.
• Manage daily operations of a comprehensive human performance laboratory, maintenances of the science equipment and assets management.
• Lead and supervise both the internal and external data collection campaign, and fulfill GDPR and other necessary compliances.
• Provide extensive support to lab director with budget forecasting, project management and handling administrative tasks.

Required background and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, physiological or health related fields
• Project management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams and handle complex resource balancing
• Superior organization skills and adept at multi-tasking as well as efficient, independent and result oriented working style

Required skills / personal characteristics

• Fluent in English (as a working language), Finnish or Chinese is a plus.
• Strong skills in communication, documentation and project management.
• Proven innovative skills and out-of-box thinking, ability to go beyond state-of-the-art. Being Enthusiastic about creating new ideas.
• Flexibility and a willingness to take challenges

Location: Salmisaari, Helsinki

Contract Type:

This is a full-time consultant position, the consultant shall be employed by Huawei's supplier.