Search for the best minds .. Jobs announcement for Huawei attracts employees of Apple and Microsoft

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has announced its intention to attract the best minds around the world to work at its company, for nearly five times the salary.

"If you're the best, and you want to push the boundaries of science, we want you," says the recruitment announcement posted on the official WeChat account. Huawei is looking for people who "have made extraordinary achievements in mathematics, computer science, physics, materials science, chips, intelligent manufacturing, Chemistry, who are eager to become pioneers in their fields. "

According to the circular, the Shenzhen-based telecommunications equipment giant is willing to pay salaries to these successful candidates at least five times more than its competitors, providing them with challenging world-class projects and guidance from renowned international experts.

Earlier, Huawei provided annual salaries of up to $ 300,000 to senior Chinese graduates.

The Chinese company spends on research and development equivalent to more than 10% of its sales revenue each year over the past decade.

Last year, more than 80,000 Huawei employees made up 45 percent of the total R&D workforce, and the company spent a total of 101.5 billion yuan ($ 14 billion) on research and development last year, accounting for 14.1 percent of the total. Total company revenues.

Battle for the best minds
The demand for talent for technology development has grown especially against the backdrop of rising tensions between the United States and China, which are vying for superiority in advanced technologies seen as key to the economy's future.

Since the Sino-US trade war began in 2018, President Qi Jinping has repeated in public speeches that China should play a stronger role in technology research and development.

In the United States, alarm bells also sounded, fearing that America lags behind China in technology.

Last week, Huawei informed local government officials in Shanghai that it plans to invest 10 billion yuan in a new research and development facility with a capacity of 30-40,000 employees. The company has 36 joint innovation centers and 14 research and development institutes around the world.

For the "Best Minds" campaign, the company said that priority will be given to candidates whose research has yielded "tangible and effective" results, papers or patents, and winners of a major international science, technology, engineering and math contest.

The company announced earlier that it was looking to recruit 20-30 of the best talent from around the world this year, in an effort to build its "combat capabilities" according to a widespread e-mail in late July, signed by the company's founder and chief executive officer Ren Chengfei who said Huawei needs to "win the technological and commercial battles of the future".