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Many of our previous innovations already contribute to the security of Huawei’s HarmonyOS devices, and Huawei continues to invest significantly in Open Harmony / HarmonyOS NEXT.\nYou will work across operating systems, compilers, hardware architectures, and runtime security, take research from concept to prototype and potential product deployment, collaborate with experienced researchers and engineers, and contribute to technical proposals, patents, publications, prototypes, and product security capabilities..\nLocation and Contract Type\nLocation: Huawei R&D office in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, Finland.\nContract type: This is a full-time position at Huawei’s Helsinki R&D office\nAbout Huawei\nHuawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. 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