Open Innovation Expert

We are looking for a highly analytical, detail-oriented Innovation Expert to join our Open Innovation team. This role is ideal for an individual contributor operating at the intersection of deep tech, the startup ecosystem, and academia, with strong technology analytical skills, clear communication, and a foundational background in computer architecture research.
In this role, you will drive our external innovation strategy by managing academic research collaborations, scouting early-stage deep-tech startups, and conducting technical due diligence.
Key Responsibilities:
Academic Cooperation & Research Partnerships: Identify and build direct collaboration agreements with world-class professors, research labs, and universities. Facilitate joint research projects, tech-transfer initiatives, and track academic spin-offs.
Startup Scouting & Ecosystem Mapping: Actively identify, source, and map early-stage deep-tech startups and emerging tech companies globally within the companys strategic domains.
Technical Due Diligence: Evaluate startup technologies, product-market fit, and team capabilities. Analyze technical validity and assess how external innovations align with our internal roadmaps.
Ecosystem Analysis: Conduct deep-dive analyses of startup ecosystems, venture capital trends, and academic spin-offs to identify high-potential investment and collaboration opportunities.
Investment & Collaboration Support: Synthesize technical and commercial findings into clear, structured scouting reports, investment tech memos, and presentations for senior leadership to drive partnership or investment decisions.
Cross-Border Collaboration: Act as a bridge between startup founders, academic innovators, and internal global teams (including European and China-based business units) to facilitate joint POCs, or investment reviews.
Track Tech Domains: AI infrastructure, advanced semiconductors, hardware-software co-design, and AI data movement.