Huawei Canada has an immediate internship opening for a Researcher.
About the team:
The Huawei Human-Machine Interaction Lab unites global researchers, engineers, and designers to redefine human technology relationships through user centered, hands on research. We focus on agentic AI and multimodal interaction (voice, touch, vision, gesture) across smartphones, wearables, and emerging devices—advancing agentic workflows, multi-agent orchestration, and intuitive human-AI interfaces. By tightly integrating sensing, algorithms, and systems, our prototype driven work ships directly to products, enabling seamless task delegation and human AI collaboration at scale.
About the job:
Explore and design next-generation human-AI interaction experiences, with a focus on agentic AI, multimodal interaction, and emerging intelligent devices.
Design novel interaction paradigms for AI-native products, including conversational interfaces, AI copilots, proactive assistants, multimodal task delegation, cross-device experiences, and human-AI collaboration workflows.
Translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive, controllable, and delightful user experiences through interaction flows, information architecture, and experience frameworks.
Create rapid prototypes and interactive concepts using tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Framer, and emerging AI prototyping platforms to validate future interaction concepts.
Collaborate with team to explore new interaction models, user scenarios, and product opportunities for intelligent systems.
Participate in user-centered design activities, including concept validation, usability evaluation, Wizard-of-Oz studies, user interviews, and experience benchmarking.
Explore how users express intent, delegate tasks, maintain control, build trust, and collaborate with AI systems across voice, touch, visual, gesture, and context-aware interactions.
Contribute to the development of interaction patterns, design principles, journey maps, experience frameworks, and future product visions for agentic and multimodal experiences.
Stay current with emerging trends in human-AI interaction, agentic AI, multimodal interfaces, and future computing paradigms, translating new technologies into practical interaction opportunities and prototype experiences.
The total target annual compensation (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $58,000 to $104,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.
About the ideal candidate:
Currently pursuing a Master or PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Information Science, Design Research, or a related field.
Strong interest in one or more of the following areas: Human-AI Interaction, Agentic AI, Multimodal Interaction, AI-native User Experience, Conversational Interfaces, Wearable Computing, or Future Computing Experiences.
Demonstrated ability to design user experiences and interaction flows for complex systems through academic projects, internships, research, or personal work.
Ability to rapidly prototype, iterate, and communicate interaction concepts through visual storytelling and interactive experiences.
Strong understanding of interaction design principles, user-centered design methodologies, information architecture, and experience design frameworks.
Interest in AI technologies, including LLMs, multimodal models, AI agents, conversational systems, and emerging human-AI interaction paradigms.
Excellent communication, storytelling, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across research, design, engineering, and product teams.
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.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a Master or PhD in HCI, Interaction Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Information Science, Design Research, or related field.
- Strong interest in Human-AI Interaction, Agentic AI, Multimodal Interaction, AI-native UX, Conversational Interfaces, or Wearable Computing.
- Demonstrated ability to design user experiences and interaction flows for complex systems through academic projects, internships, research, or personal work.
- Ability to rapidly prototype and create interactive concepts using tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Framer, and emerging AI prototyping platforms.
- Strong understanding of interaction design principles, user-centered design methodologies, information architecture, and experience design frameworks.
- Interest in AI technologies, including LLMs, multimodal models, AI agents, and conversational systems.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and collaboration skills to work across research, design, engineering, and product teams.
What We Do
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. In Canada, Huawei conducts innovative and leading edge research in 5G technologies, along with advanced development of emerging cloud, device and network technologies & services. While our renowned Canada Research Centre in the thriving technology landscape of Ottawa, Ontario continues to grow rapidly in size and strategic product initiatives, additional presence has also been established across Canada with R&D facilities in Vancouver, Edmonton, Waterloo, Markham, Montreal, and a R&D office in Quebec City.
