Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Researcher – Sensing/Machine Learning

Company Description

About Huawei

With 194,000 employees and operating in more than 170 countries and regions, Huawei is a leading global creator and provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Integrated solutions span across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services. Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

About Huawei Canada

Huawei Canada focuses on fundamental research and development aimed at solving complex technical problems in emerging technologies like 5G, AI, Human Computer Interaction and Autonomous Driving. With ongoing research initiatives with 10 Universities across Canada and strategic collaboration agreements with several Universities, we support Canada’s rich research community.  In 2020, Huawei Canada ranked among the Top 20 corporate R&D investors in the country with a huge 40% increase in R&D investment year over year. Huawei Canada was established in 2008 and now has a total workforce of 1,200 in our six research centers across Canada.

Why work with Huawei Canada?

You will have the opportunity to work on real-world problems that impact people across the globe.  Many of our researchers are actively involved in publishing conference and journal papers, inventing patents and solving challenging technical problems. With cutting edge tools, access to highly specialized leaders and researchers, and significant funding, you will be well supported to fulfil your potential and pursue your professional dreams.

About Huawei Human-Machine Interaction Lab

Revolutionary products require revolutionary user interfaces. Huawei Human-machine Interaction (HMI) Lab brings global talents together to re-think the relationship between humans and ever-expanding technology. Driven by innovation, user-centered approaches, and high impact products, the lab aims to advance the state-of-the-art human-computer interaction research. Located both in Toronto, Canada and Shen Zhen, China. Huawei HMI lab consists of researchers, engineers, and designers working on cross-disciplinary areas including novel interactive systems, sensing technologies, wearable and IoT systems, human factors, computer vision, and multimodal interfaces.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the research and development of Huawei's next-generation products, including but not limited to smartphones, smart watches, smart eyewears, laptops, tablets, TVs, and smart devices for self-driving vehicles
• Understand product demands and industry technology trends to define research directions
• Perform interaction design, novel sensing system design, core algorithm development, prototype development, user experimentation and collaborate with product teams to implement research findings into products
• Generate intellectual property such as patents and trade secrets based on research outcomes
• Publish papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals/conferences
• Supervise excellent research interns from top universities
• Participate in research collaborations with external research institutions and universities

Qualifications

• Master/Ph.D. in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or other relevant disciplines, with a specific focus and interest in the topic of Sensing, Machine Learning, or Human Physiology and Statistical Signal Processing.
• Demonstrated experience of HCI and/or Ubiquitous Computing research fundamentals, including experience designing and evaluating novel technologies
• Strong history of publications in System, Machine Learning or Signal Processing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to new situations
• Ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative studies to evaluate concepts, designs, and systems
• Ability to work collaboratively with people from many different disciplines (design, development, etc.)

Additional Information

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.