Intern Researcher - Physical AI

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Markham; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. is offering an internship position for a Physical AI Researcher in Markham, Ontario. This role will involve participation in innovative AI projects including embodied AI and spatial AI. The intern will implement algorithms, write research papers, and stay informed on industry trends.

The ideal candidate should be pursuing a Master’s or PhD in relevant fields and must have a strong background in generative AI. The position offers a target annual compensation ranging from $58,000 to $104,000 based on experience.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong background in generative AI and sequence modeling.
• Proven research record with first authorship in top-tier venues.

Responsibilities

• Participate in innovative AI research projects.
• Implement algorithms and deploy them into products.
• Write scientific papers and submit to top-tier conferences.

Skills

Generative AI and sequence modeling

Python

Modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Robotics systems

3D perception and motion planning

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering

Tools

ROS

Diffusion models

Job description

Huawei Canada has an immediate internship opening for a Physical AI Researcher.

About the team:

Founded in 2012, the Noah’s Ark lab has evolved into a prominent research organization with notable achievements in academia and industry. The lab’s mission focuses on advancing artificial intelligence and related fields to benefit the company and society. Driven by impactful, long-term projects, the aim is to enhance state-of-the-art research while integrating innovations into the company's products and services, including LLMs, RL, NLP, computer vision, AI theory, and Autonomous driving.

About the job:

• Participate in the innovative Embodied AI and Spatial AI research project.

• Implement algorithms for proposed models and applications, deploy into internal product; work closely with researchers in the team.

• Keep up-to-date on selected areas of ML and write scientific reports.

• Stay informed about AI industry trends, identifying new opportunities, and assessing gaps within our organization; applying these insights to technology planning and decision-making, while exploring novel technological sources to enhance our competitive edge. Produce insight reports for the literature including the latest trends.

• Keep up-to-date on selected areas of ML (such as embodied AI, LLMs reasoning)

• Write research papers.

• Submit manuscripts to top-tier conferences and file high-value patents.

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

About the ideal candidate:

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields

• Strong background in generative AI and sequence modeling, particularly in vision-language or multimodal systems.

• Proven research record in AI by having at least one paper as the first author in top tier venues, such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA.

• Proficient in Python and experienced with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).

• Hands-on experience with robotics systems, including decision-making, planning, and control; experience with real robots or ROS is an asset.

• Understanding of 3D perception, motion planning, reinforcement learning, or multimodal AI is an asset

• Experience working with large-scale datasets, sensor data, transformer-based architectures, or diffusion models is an asset.

• Familiarity with reinforcement learning and/or imitation learning methods is an asset.

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.