Senior Research Engineer - Privacy Enhancing Technologies (m/f/d)

Huawei's Heisenberg Research Center (Munich)

Senior Research Engineer - Privacy Enhancing Technologies (m/f/d)

Your mission

• Identify state-of-the-art solutions for Privacy and Data Protection using Privacy Enhancing Technologies to enhance the transparency and control of users over their personal data.
• Evaluate privacy risks of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC), develop privacy-preserving AI solutions, implement AI agents to autonomously manage privacy settings, mitigate data leaks, and ensure compliance with global regulations.
• Design, develop, empirically evaluate, and optimize proofs of concepts and software prototypes of related technologies for Huawei products.
• Improve state-of-the-art solutions and participate in the transfer of theoretical research concepts into cutting edge technologies for future Huawei products.
• Study Privacy Engineering and Privacy-by-Design methodologies to improve the Huawei product development process.
• Work together with other teams and communicate results in conferences, workshops, and journals.

Your areas of expertise

• 2+ years of experience in research and development of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (e.g. Differential Privacy, Anonymization, Federated Learning, Cryptography) or a PhD in this field.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Electrical Engineering, or other related disciplines.
• Demonstrated skills of programming in Python, Java or other high‑level languages.
• Knowledge or experience with Machine Learning/AI, as well as hands‑on experience in developing, fine‑tuning, or deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) for a variety of applications, including NLP tasks, content generation, and privacy-preserving AI solutions.
• Knowledge or experience with AI agents, RAG, planning in agentic workflows, efficient on-device LLMs – a plus.
• A strong publication record – a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with mobile application security and privacy permission management – a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

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Your rewards of working here

• Our culture is characterized by innovative power and team spirit as well as the intensive exchange of knowledge and experience within our global network.
• We offer healthy meals ranging from traditional Chinese to western delicacies in our famous company canteen.
• To keep your development ongoing, you will find a broad range of training opportunities. Many online and face‑to‑face training programs incl. language courses in German and Mandarin.
• Our diverse and welcoming environment is shaped by different backgrounds and around 40 individual nationalities.
• Self‑responsible work in a competent, motivated and constantly growing team.