About the role#
Huawei Canada is hiring a Co-op Researcher for the Noah's Ark Laboratory. You will join a team focused on advancing artificial intelligence, specifically in foundation models, agentic models, and reinforcement learning. This role involves taking research projects from initial hypothesis to experimental validation, with the goal of integrating innovations into practical systems.
What you'll do#
- Conduct research on LLM post-training, reinforcement learning, reasoning, and self-improving agents.
- Develop new approaches for agent training, data synthesis, and environment generation.
- Build and evaluate intelligent agents that use tools, generate code, and solve complex tasks.
- Own research problems end-to-end, including literature review, experiment design, implementation, and analysis.
- Build infrastructure for LLM training, inference, agent rollout, and synthetic data generation.
- Improve the efficiency and reliability of GPU-based post-training and inference workflows.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers to prototype ideas and translate research into practical systems.
- Contribute to research, engineering, or publication-quality work.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a senior Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD program in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
- Strong fundamentals in machine learning and modern deep learning.
- Understanding of large language models and post-training techniques like supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, or preference optimization.
- Programming skills in Python and PyTorch, with the ability to debug, profile, and iterate on complex systems.
- Hands-on experience in LLM post-training, coding agents, distributed systems, or ML infrastructure.
- Ability to take ambiguous technical problems and drive them toward measurable results.
- Strong analytical and experimental judgment.
- Enrollment in a co-op program with registration for an official work term for the full duration of employment.
Location & details#
- This position is based in Edmonton, Alberta, at 8215-112 Street Northwest.
- The role is on-site and full-time.
- This is a paid co-op opportunity.
About Huawei Canada
Huawei Canada operates as a division of the global information and communications technology provider founded in 1987. The company focuses on research and development, specifically in 5G technologies, cloud services, and network infrastructure. It maintains a significant presence in Canada with its main headquarters in Markham and multiple research facilities across the country. The Canadian operations employ over 1,700 people.
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