Researcher - Data Security and Privacy

Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for a Researcher

About the team:

The Data and Privacy Protection Technology Lab is dedicated to ensuring user data flows while maintaining privacy. Researchers focus on key areas such as user identity authentication, data integrity, privacy protection, extensive model privacy assessment, multi-modal data identification, differential privacy, and federated learning. The lab supports deep research and encourages publications in leading journals. Research outcomes are applied across various Huawei product lines, including mobile phones, smart devices, and communications technologies.

About the job:

• Research, communicate, and document state-of-art in academia and industrial data security and privacy technologies.
• Develop prototypes of innovative data security and privacy solutions for different Huawei products like Huawei servers, Huawei laptops, mobile phones, IoT devices, smart self-driving cars, and the cloud.
• Work closely with the product team to gather requirements, and also help them optimize your solution and integrate it into the product.

About the ideal candidate:

• Ph.D., or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with cryptography or other data security and privacy research background.
• Excellent programming skills. C/C++, Python
• Deep and broad understanding of computer security
• Good understanding of data security and privacy technologies and practices
• Hands-on experience in at least one of the following topics: cryptography, security protocols, data privacy methods, key management systems, data loss prevention technology, distributed IoT security, and AI Security
• Experience with cryptographic libraries (e.g. OpenSSL, GMP)