Senior Researcher - Embodied AI

About the role

Huawei Canada’s Noah’s Ark Laboratory is seeking a Senior Researcher to advance Embodied AI. The role focuses on developing cutting‑edge AI methods and applying them to robotic platforms, bridging theory and real‑world impact.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with a team of experienced researchers to solve real‑world challenges in Embodied AI.
• Develop state‑of‑the‑art approaches for Embodied AI applications, including generative AI, representation learning, foundation models, reasoning, planning, data generation and augmentation, reinforcement learning, and low‑level control.
• Translate mathematical problem definitions and model specifications into efficient executable code.
• Conduct evaluation and empirical studies using robotic platforms in both simulation and real‑world environments.
• Propose high‑impact intellectual property (e.g., patents) and publish or contribute to research papers in top‑tier AI venues.

Required profile

• PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or a master’s degree with comparable experience.
• Prior experience in sequence analysis and generative AI, especially vision and language.
• Proven research record with at least one first‑author paper in top‑tier venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, or ICRA.
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Experience with deep‑learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Required skills

• Python programming
• Deep‑learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Robotics middleware (ROS) – asset
• Reinforcement learning and imitation learning – asset
• Large‑scale dataset handling and sensor data processing – asset
• Transformer architectures and diffusion models – asset