Researcher – AI Vision and LLM

Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for a Researcher.

About the team:

The Software-Hardware System Optimization Lab continuously improves the power efficiency and performance of smartphone products through software-hardware systems optimization and architecture innovation. We keep tracking the trends of cutting-edge technologies, building the competitive strength of mobile AI, graphics, multimedia, and software architecture for mobile phone products.

About the job:

We are seeking a highly motivated AI Researcher to explore and advance state-of-the-art LLMs and VLMs. This role combines fundamental AI/ML research with hands-on implementation to improve model performance and efficiency.

• Conduct research on LLMs and VLMs, with a focus on performance and efficiency.

• Apply techniques such as fine-tuning, knowledge distillation, MoE, and pruning.

• Enhance Vision models for improved perception in practical applications.

• Implement and maintain experiments using Python and modern ML frameworks.

• Collaborate with researchers and mentors in ideation and review sessions.

• Contribute to publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, AAAI).

About the ideal candidate:

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.

• Strong foundation in AI and machine learning.

• Hands-on experience with large-scale foundation models (e.g., DeepSeek, Smol, InternVL, Qwen, LLaMA).

• Familiarity with fine-tuning (e.g., LoRA), prompt tuning, model pruning, MoE, and distillation methods.

• Proficient in Python, PyTorch, Git, and Linux shell scripting.

• Experience with Hugging Face, MLflow, DeepSpeed, Apex, Fairscale, etc.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Demonstrated research experience through publications.