Intern Assistant Engineer - AI Inference Performance

Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month internship opening for an Assistant Engineer.

About the team:

The Intelligent Complex Systems Team, currently a part of the Waterloo Research Centre, examines recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to determine its potential for broader applications. This innovative team researches AI challenges such as matching human capabilities and ensuring the safety of collaborative AI systems.

• Assist in developing and maintaining performance monitoring tools.
• Support profiling and analyzing inference workloads to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Contribute to applying optimization techniques such as quantization, kernel fusion, and pruning to enhance inference performance under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Help optimize AI workloads across multiple hardware platforms (e.g., GPUs, edge devices).
• Collaborate with senior engineers, research teams, and AI infrastructure teams to integrate optimizations into AI inference pipelines.
• Learn to utilize profiling tools such as TensorBoard, PyTorch Profiler, and NVIDIA Nsight to identify key performance insights.

About the ideal candidate:

• Currently pursuing or recently graduated with a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, AI/ML, or a related field.
• Familiarity with programming languages like Python or C++.
• Basic knowledge of deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and AI inference.
• Strong background in profiling and performance analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an eagerness to learn.