Senior Technology Cooperation Engineer

Beijing Foreign Enterprise Management Consultants Co.,Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Huawei seeks a Senior Technology Cooperation Engineer to lead technology scouting, evaluate trends, and foster international collaborations with universities, research institutes, and startups. The role requires Mandarin proficiency and strong leadership within matrix organizations.

You will coordinate with China HQ, manage IP considerations, and guide partnerships from concept to implementation while handling multiple projects with diligence and strategic insight.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in CS or EEE.
• Proficiency in Mandarin for communication with China HQ stakeholders.
• Excellent networking and communication skills.
• Experience in industry-university-research cooperation (≥2 years).
• Leadership experience in matrix organizations.
• Ability to translate insights into opportunities.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking abilities.
• Independent worker and team player.
• Knowledge of tax and legal basics.
• Experience in technology scouting and benchmarking.

Responsibilities

• Perform technology scouting and prepare technology insights reports for ICT and smart devices.
• Identify and evaluate new technological trends or business opportunities.
• Cultivate partnerships and exchange with international innovation teams.
• Establish partnerships with universities, research institutes and startups; support research collaborations.
• Collaborate with peers; assist with budgets and timelines; advise on IP usage; review agreements.
• Lead negotiations of business and IP positions for collaboration projects.
• Manage timelines and capacities to handle multiple tasks.
• Collaborate directly with China HQ team and stakeholders.

Skills

Mandarin proficiency

People leadership

Analytical thinking

Networking skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Opportunity translation

Education

Master's degree in CS or EEE

Job description

On behalf of Huawei, a world-renowned information and communication technology company, we are seeking passionate and talented individuals to join our team as Senior Technology Cooperation Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Perform technology scouting relevant to innovations for ICT, consumer electronics and various smart devices. Prepare the technology insights reports in selected fields.
• Identify and evaluate new technological trends or business opportunities
• Cultivate partnerships and exchange with international innovation teams.
• Establish the partnership with universities, research institutes and startups. Support existing research collaboration relationships.
• Work in close collaboration and constant communication with peers. Assist with identifying collaborative projects partners, budgets and timelines. Provide guidance and advice on IPR and usage. Review agreements and lead the negotiation of business and IPR position for the collaboration projects in consultant with relevant stakeholders.
• Manage timelines and capacities to handle multiple tasks at a time.
• To collaborate and communicate directly with Chinese speaking officers, stakeholders, counterparts, and customers in China HQ team.

Requirements

• Master's and above degrees in Computer Science or Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Proficiency in Mandarin is required to ensure effective communication with the Chinese-speaking stakeholders, including head office, business counterparts, and customers based in China.
• Excellent networking skills, both internal and external.
• Strong aptitude for working with a broad range of scientific and innovative disciplines.
• Strong willingness to learn and gain deeper competencies in various fields.
• Strong eagerness to translate insights into opportunities.
• Advanced creative, deductive and entrepreneurial thinking.
• Conscientious, responsible, self-motivated. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• People leadership skills and a proven capability to lead in matrix organizations without formal disciplinary responsibility
• Analytical and conceptualization skills.
• Advanced ability to structure, illustrate and or communicate complex concepts in an understandable, practicable manner
• More than 2 years of experience in industry-university-research cooperation
• Have a basic understanding of tax and legal knowledge
• Advanced engineering experience within research and development
• Experience in performing technology scouting, trend research, innovation, benchmarking.