Senior Researcher/Expert - Mobile Operating System Security
About this role
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Senior Researcher / Expert in Mobile Operating System Security to join the System Security Laboratory at Huawei's Finland Research Center in Helsinki.
You will research next-generation security technologies for Huawei smartphones, tablets, and other consumer devices, identify emerging system security challenges, develop protection mechanisms, build and evaluate prototypes, and help transfer successful research into future HarmonyOS products.
The role focuses on one or more of the following areas:
Operating system kernel, driver, system service, privilege boundary, and access-control security
Hardware-assisted security using Arm architecture and System-on-Chip security capabilities
Compiler-based security, memory safety, control-flow protection, and runtime instrumentation
JavaScript and other language runtime security, including interpreters, compilers, and JIT components
Fuzzing, static and dynamic analysis, symbolic/concolic execution, binary analysis, and automated vulnerability discovery
Responsibilities
- Analyze prior work and emerging threats, and identify research opportunities for mobile operating systems and consumer devices.
- Develop security proposals based on clear threat models and product needs.
- Design, implement, and evaluate proof-of-concept prototypes, including security effectiveness, compatibility, and performance.
- Work with product and engineering teams to translate promising research into deployable technologies.
- Apply AI-assisted methods to security analysis, research, prototyping, and engineering workflows.
- Communicate technical findings and collaborate with researchers, engineers, academic partners, and decision-makers.
Requirements
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent industrial experience.
- Deep expertise in at least one of the research areas abov