Operating System Software Engineer
Pubblicato il 27-10-2026 - Huawei Italy Research Centers in Firenze
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Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
About Huawei
Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 200,000 employees, of which 55% are employed in R&D;, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions.
Huawei invests more than 20% of revenues in R&D; every year: in the past 10 years our total R&D; investments exceed 150B USD.
By the end of 2025, Huawei held +150.000 active patents.
Huawei’s Pisa Research Institute is a core innovation hub in the field of automotive software and embedded systems
We are looking for a:
Researcher in Operating System architecture
The opportunity:
You will lead design efforts across smart cockpit and autonomous driving domains. The successful candidate will own system architecture design from kernel to framework, tackle reliability, safety isolation,
and AI acceleration challenges, and lay the groundwork for the next-generation vehicle computing platform.
Key Responsibilities:
Automotive-Grade Reliability Architecture: Build a high-reliability OS framework with strong fault-tolerance for cockpit, driving, and vehicle control scenarios.
Smart Cockpit OS Architecture: Contribute end-to-end architecture design and evolution of the cockpit OS, from kernel to framework, ensuring industry-leading performance and robustness.
Multi-Domain Convergence: Contribute to the design of virtualization, isolation mechanisms, and efficient resource sharing architectures to support convergence of cockpit, vehicle control, and autonomous driving domains.
Next-Gen AI-Centric OS: Develop key OS technologies to support efficient AI-Agent and heterogeneous resource scheduling and sandboxing enabling a solid foundation for onboard AI applications.
Required Qualifications:
Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
3+ years of OS kernel development experience in embedded systems
Good understanding of low-level system performance and reliability optimization
Experience with kernel sub-systems such as scheduling, memory management, device drivers, and system debugging
Excellent cross-cultural communication and strategic thinking
Fluent in English and confident in public technical discourse
Nice to have:
Publications or patent record in system software
Publications in top-tier conferences (OSDI, ASPLOS, EuroSys, etc.)
Contributions in mainstream OS kernels, real-time systems, or embedded OS
Familiarity with automotive functional safety standards (ISO26262, ASIL levels)
Expertise in OS safety, virtualization, and domain isolation
Extensive collaboration experience with multinational R&D; teams
What We Offer
We offer you an exciting professional career in one of the leading and fastest growing multinational telecommunication companies, challenging work and a competitive salary package. Personal development is ensured through many training opportunities in Western Europe and abroad.
We offer a gross annual salary typically ranging from €60,000 to €80,000 determined according to objective criteria such as professional experience, competencies, and seniority. Employees may also be considered for a discretionary annual bonus ranging from 0 to 2 monthly salaries, subject to company evaluation. The applicable collective bargaining agreement is the CCNL Telecommunications, within levels C3 and C4.
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