Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a System Security Research Engineer.About the job:- Conduct research and prototyping of new security technologies to protect OS kernels, firmware, mobile systems, and devices.
- Analyze and understand advanced threat vectors, including memory corruption, privilege escalation, side-channel attacks, and firmware exploitation.
- Evaluate and build upon hardware-based protections such as Hypervisors, Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), and Secure Boot.
- Design innovative security features that improve isolation, access control, exploit resistance, or threat detection.
- Work closely with product teams to transition successful research into practical solutions and hardened products.
- Monitor and assess emerging vulnerabilities, industry trends, and academic advancements.
- Publish research, propose patents, or present at internal or external technical forums.
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total target annual compensation for this position ranges from $127,000 to $225,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.
About the ideal candidate:- PhD / Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related fields, with a research mindset and 3+ years of industry-relevant R&D experience is an asset.
- Solid understanding of operating system internals, including memory management, process scheduling, and kernel/user separation.
- Proficiency in at least one native development language: C, C++, or Rust.
- Experience with low-level system programming and debugging.
- Familiarity with modern threat prevention technologies (sandboxing, CFI, ASLR, DEP, etc.).
- Strong grasp of memory safety concepts, including buffer overflows, use-after-free, and heap exploitation techniques.
- Knowledge of hardware security features, such as:
- Virtualization (Hypervisors, VT-x/AMD-V)
- TEE (e.g., ARM TrustZone, Intel SGX);
- MMU, IOMMU, and Secure Boot processes
All applications for this position are reviewed directly by our hiring team,
we do not use artificial intelligence tools to screen or select candidates.
