Engineer - Intelligent and Autonomous Systems

Huawei; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Engineer for a 12-month contract, focusing on AI development and advanced architectures. This role involves participating in all project phases, from research and design to coding and testing. You will leverage your expertise in Recursive Neural Networks and foundational models to enhance AI capabilities, develop proof of concepts, and optimize models for safety-critical scenarios. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI in autonomous driving or robotics, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in C++/Python for AI/ML algorithms development.
• PhD or MSc degree in relevant engineering fields required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of project development from research to testing.
• Design AI architectures and enhance training capabilities for models.

Skills

C++

Python

AI/ML algorithms

Recursive Neural Networks

Transformer-based models

Deep learning libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras)

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

MSc in Electrical Engineering

MSc in Robotics

MSc in Computer Engineering

MSc in Software Engineering

MSc in System Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Job description

Our team has an immediate 12-months contract opening for an Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all the phases of the development of the project covering research, design, coding and testing.
• Design state of the art AI architectures leveraging your knowledge on Recursive Neural Network and foundational models.
• Enhance our capability to train our AI models building safety critical scenario datasets and training infrastructure.
• Develop proof of concepts to demonstrate the improved performance, safety and reliabilitycompared to the baseline.

What you'll bring to the team:

• PhD orMSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Software engineering or System Engineering.
  
• 3+ years of experience with C++/Python Programming Languages to develop AI/ML algorithms in the autonomous driving or robotics fields.
• Demonstrated development experience with transformer-based models, foundational models, LLMs/VLMs, generative. modeling, imitation/reinforcement learning or recursive neural networks (LSTM, GRU).
• Experience on AI model optimization, leveraging prompt engineering including automatic prompt generation technologies
• Proven track record of generating new ideas or enhancing existing ones in machine learning field.
• Hands-on experience with modern deep learning libraries as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras and python development.