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

The size of our Cloud platform is gaining momentum and it is already planet scale. Huawei Cloud is one of the largest and fastest-growing platforms in the world. It has strong presence with over 40 availability zones located across 4 continents and 23 geographical regions, covering locations such as Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, or Brazil, among others.

Join us as a

Lead Researcher – Disaggregated Datacenter Network Virtualization  (m/f/d)

Your mission

• Lead the design and research of next-generation network virtualization for disaggregated datacenter infrastructures
• Architect and prototype elastic, high-performance and reliable IO virtualization frameworks tailored for serverless and cloud-native environments
• Publish influential research, file patents, and contribute to open-source ecosystems and top industry forums
• Drive collaborations with leading universities and research institutions

Your areas of expertise

• Master or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
• Extensive R&D experience in Datacenter Infrastructures
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience in several of the following:
  • Datacenter network architecture and software-defined networking
  • DPDK, Open vSwitch(OVS), VirtIO, and KVM/Qemu
  • SmartNICs, SR-IOV, PCIe device passthrough, and hardware offloading
  • TCP/IP protocol stack and RDMA internals
• Proven track record through publications, patents, or open-source contributions
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Familiarity of CXL (Compute Express Link) or UEC (Ultra Ethernet Consortium) architecture and its implications for memory pooling and device disaggregation is a plus

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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.

Please send your application and CV (incl. cover letter and reference letters) in English.

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Driven by a commitment to operations, ongoing innovation, and open collaboration, we have established a competitive ICT portfolio of end-to-end solutions in Telecom and enterprise networks, Devices and Cloud technology and services. Our ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. With 197,000 employees, Huawei is committed to develop the future information society and build a Better Connected World.