Huawei Consumer Business Group is the leader in the all-scenario AI life. It covers smartphones, PC and tablets, wearables, mobile broadband devices, family devices and device cloud services. Huawei Consumer Business Group is dedicated to delivering the latest technologies to consumers and sharing the happiness of technological advances with more people around the world. We believe in creating safe, privacy-friendly with great user experience and quality products for our consumers. 

We are looking for an innovative NLU Researcher to join our team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of pushing the boundaries of natural language understanding, developing cutting-edge techniques to enhance our products and services. You will collaborate with a talented team of researchers, engineers, and product managers to solve complex challenges and deliver impactful solutions. 

Responsibilities 

• Conduct advanced research in NLU, focusing on cutting-edge techniques for complex language understanding challenges, including content safety.

• Design, implement, and optimize state-of-the-art NLU models.

• Analyze large multilingual datasets to extract insights and improve model performance.

• Experiment with different approaches to identify optimal solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate NLU solutions.

• Stay updated on the latest ML techniques and technologies.

• Explore research opportunities and collaborate with academia.

• Participate in defining content policy and research roadmaps.

• Perform data analysis to inform decision-making and monitor model performance.

• Evaluate new features and data sources to improve model capabilities.

• Identify and track relevant metrics to measure model impact.

• Communicate findings and recommendations effectively through visualizations and reports.

Requirements 

• PhD in Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field with a strong focus on natural language processing.

• Proven experience in NLP and Computer Vision/Machine Learning.

• Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.

• Proficiency in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).

• Experience with multilingual text analysis, Transformers, knowledge representation, and knowledge graphs.

• A strong track record of research and publications at top-tier conferences (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML).

• Knowledge of public cloud environments and technologies.

Location: On-site in Helsinki, Finland. 

Why join us? 

• Opportunity to develop your skills and competencies through interesting projects.

• Be a part of a dynamic, collaborative team environment where you'll learn from your colleagues.

• Excellent working tools and equipment that enable you to perform at your best.

• An international atmosphere with global impact and a culture that values creativity, problem-solving and cross-disciplinary collaboration. 

This position is a full-time consultant position and the contract will be signed with our supplier. 

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.