Intern Researcher - Agentic AI
Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. Open · verified Oct 22, 2026 At a glance
Junior AI Research role at Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. Markham · internship.
Pay not stated AI Research salary
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What you'll do
- Build new LLM agent designs that plan, reason and make decisions
- Explore memory, reflection, self-checks and feedback methods to support agents as they learn and improve
- Track recent research in the field and share relevant findings with teammates
- Run experiments, assess the results and draw out useful conclusions
What you bring
- You are pursuing a master's or PhD in computer science or a related area
- You have hands-on experience building agents for planning and reasoning
- You know reinforcement learning, ReAct, Chain-of-Thought and tool calling
- You can code AI/ML work in Python and have experience with PyTorch
- You communicate well in English, collaborate readily and work with initiative
Who this fits
This internship suits a current graduate student with practical agent-building experience and strong AI/ML coding skills. English proficiency is essential for regular coordination with colleagues outside Quebec and for the specialized work.
From the employer
Huawei Canada has an immediate internship opening for a 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:
Research, design, and implement novel LLM-based agent architectures for planning, reasoning, and decision-making.
Explore agent memory, reflection, self-evaluation, and feedback loop to enable continual learning and self-improvement.
Survey recent developments in the related field and proactively communicate with team members.
Perform experiments and evaluate, analyze and drive insights from experiments.
About the ideal candidate:
Currently a PhD or Master's student in computer science or related fields.
Hands-on project experiences on building agent systems for planning and reasoning.
Familiar with reinforcement learning (RL), ReAct (Reasoning and Acting), and Chain-of-Thought (CoT), tool calling.
Strong AI/ML coding skills in Python; experienced with PyTorch.
Good communication skills, willingness to collaborate and self-motivated.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
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.
Huawei aims to support a French-speaking work environment for its employees in Quebec. We have taken steps to avoid requiring a language other than French for this position. However, proficiency in English is essential for this role for the following reasons:
The person will be required to communicate regularly with colleagues located outside Quebec, where English is the primary language used for communication between offices. In addition, the nature of the tasks related to this position, which falls within a highly specialized field of artificial intelligence, also requires knowledge of English.