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Embedded Engineer – AI System Architecture

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Edmonton

Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.

Open. First seen 3 October 2026.

About the role

Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for an Embedded Engineer.

About the team:

The Software-Hardware System Optimization Lab continuously improves the power efficiency and performance of smartphone products through software-hardware systems optimization and architecture innovation. We keep tracking the trends of cutting-edge technologies, building the competitive strength of mobile AI, graphics, multimedia, and software architecture for mobile phone products.

About the job:

  • Research and development of Agentic AI Software for system optimization on edge devices, with measurable wins in latency, power, and quality.
  • Apply ML/RL-based techniques (e.g., cost models, schedulers, Ai model training) to provide Agentic Ai best Solution.
  • Develop, integrate, and debug Linux/Android Embedded software (graphics, camera, kernel drivers, framework software, etc.)
  • Develop and debug diagnostic tools for internal development teams.
  • Build/extend tooling for benchmarking, tracing, and automated regression/perf testing.
  • Evaluate and improve software performance.

About the ideal candidate:

  • Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields. Solid experience in ML systems or performance engineering (industry, OSS, or research).
  • Strong system development skills, Fluency in Python and C++ and Linux shell scripting.
  • Experience with one or more large-scale C++ embedded system projects.
  • Ability to turn ambiguous perf problems into measurable, repeatable experiments.
  • Contributions to relevant OSS (links welcome).
  • Experience with computer architectures, parallel and asynchronous programming, and performance analysis of those systems.
  • Strong knowledge of Android/Linux system fundamentals is an asset.
  • Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, with creative thinking and attention to detail.
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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.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Android · Bash · Linux · Linux Kernel

Rare in huaweicanada's other 129 open postings.

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C++ · Embedded Systems · Python

Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.

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The team: Software-Hardware System Optimization Lab

This role is one of 7 open in Software-Hardware System Optimization Lab.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

C++ (6 of 7), Python (6 of 7), C (4 of 7), LLM (4 of 7), PyTorch (4 of 7), Deep Learning (3 of 7), Linux (3 of 7)

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