Senior Research Engineer - Privacy Preserving AI (m/f/d)

Huawei's Heisenberg Research Center (Munich) is responsible for advanced technology research, architectural development, design and strategic engineering of our products.

Senior Research Engineer – Privacy Preserving AI (m/f/d)

Your mission

• Leveraging your expertise in AI and LLM, work closely with privacy professionals to conceptualize and engineer cutting‑edge privacy‑preserving AI solutions such as state‑of‑the‑art generative AI models and LLM agent, which offer high utility and ensure that user data remains confidential and secure.
• Track the trends of AI technologies, including the latest advancements in Large Language Model (LLMs) and Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC), and analyze the impact and potential for privacy.
• 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 theoretic research concepts into cutting‑edge technologies for future Huawei products.
• Evaluate the practicability of Privacy Preserving AI Technologies for different scenarios in terms of functionality, utility, overhead, Security, Privacy, and risk.
• Work together with other teams and communicate results in conferences, workshops, and journals.

Your areas of expertise

• 2+ years of experience or a PhD in AI/Machine Learning or related field.
• Master in Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or other related discipline.
• Experience with AI agent frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI etc.
• Experience with Deep Learning frameworks like Tensorflow, Pytorch etc.
• Theoretical Knowhow and Hands‑on experience in fine‑tuning, alignment or deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) for a variety of applications, including NLP tasks, content generation, and privacy‑preserving AI.
• Demonstrated skills of programming in Python, Java or other high‑level languages.
• Knowledge with Privacy Enhancing Technologies is a plus.
• Knowledge or experience with AI agents, RAG, planning in agentic workflows, efficient on‑device LLMs, is a plus.
• A strong publication record is a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

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.