Co-op Engineer - Intelligent Real-Time Operating System

Huawei Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 104,000; Part time

Job summary

Huawei Canada seeks an engineering co‑op to explore real-time OS research for embedded devices, cloud & automotive domains. You will help build next‑generation RTOS technology, addressing scheduling, resource allocation, isolation, and IPC in complex systems, and develop tooling for performance challenges.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D. in CS or related field, with hands-on experience in real-time OS design and C/C++ system software development.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in real-time operating system design and development.
• Experience in system software development (C/C++).
• Knowledge of CPU architectures for system software development.
• Strong ability to research complex topics and translate into concrete designs.
• Strong written and verbal communication of technical information.

Responsibilities

• Explore real-time OS research or development for embedded devices, cloud & automotive domains.
• Contribute to building next-generation RTOS technology for diverse compute platforms.
• Solve challenging problems around scheduling, resource allocation, isolation and IPC in complex systems.
• Develop tooling and solutions to performance challenges in the system.

Skills

Real-time OS design

C/C++

System software dev

CPU architecture

Research ability

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's/Master/PhD candidate

Job description

Huawei Canada has an immediate co-op opening for an Engineer.

About the team:

The Intelligent Real-Time Operating System Lab focuses on OS architecture, concurrency challenges, and optimal resource management for diverse use cases such as the compute required for AI/ML. This lab aims to innovate operating system designs for mixed-criticality environments that exceed traditional methods. The focus of this lab is to develop next-generation OS platform support to enable high performance, maximum concurrency and challenging resource management with ML/AI agents or services. Our goal is to ensure enhanced performance and reliability in increasingly complex environments that embedded devices at the edge presents.

About the job:

• Exploring the real-time OS research or development targeting embedded devices, cloud & virtualized computing and automotive domain.
• Contribute and help build the next-generation real-time OS technology to power a broad range of compute platforms.
• Solve some very challenging problems around scheduling, resource allocation, isolation and IPC in very complex systems use cases.
• Focus on developing tooling and solutions to performance challenges in the system.

The total target annual compensation for this position ranges from $58,000 to $104,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.

Job requirements

About the ideal candidate:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience and expertise in the field of real-time operating system design, development and integration.
• Experience in system software development (Mainly C/C++).
• CPU architecture knowledge for system software development.
• Strong ability to research complex topics, distill knowledge into concrete designs and apply to new or existing projects.
• Strong communication ability to document and present technical information and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Additional Information:

Huawei Canada is committed to a fair, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodation during any stage of the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

All applications for this position are reviewed directly by our hiring team, we do not use artificial intelligence tools to screen or select candidates.