Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Researcher.
About the team:
The Data Center Network Lab focuses on advancing next-generation data center networks and transport technologies. Working together with industry experts, the lab addresses complex networking challenges and integrates innovative research into various product lines. The team specializes in network protocol and architecture design for computing, cloud and storage interconnections, aiming to establish a leading network system. This lab fosters personal and professional growth, encouraging learning and team development in the digital intelligence era.
About the job:
Conduct cutting edge research within networking domain for large scale distributed systems or clusters in Data Centers in the cloud or on prem
Produce DCN related surveys and insights regarding technical dynamics and trends of both industry and academia
Assist in defining research thrusts for internal projects as well as potential cooperation with academia
Lead certain research directions and propose technical solutions to assigned research thrusts
Deliver committed results to meet the project goals
Requirements
About the ideal candidate:
Ph.D. degree in Networking, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or any related fields
Any research or industry experience is highly preferred in one or more of the following fields:
Network traffic control such as congestion control, load balancing, scheduling
Network architecture related research such as topology, routing and flow control
Network Transportation Protocol design or optimization such as RoCE, etc
Network function offloading to Network Interface Card (NIC) or to Network
Large Network simulation for data plane or control plane algorithm performance optimization such as throughput, latency or jitter
Excellent Python/C/C++ programming skills as well as experience using network simulation tools such as NS3 and other similar tools
In-depth understanding on how IP/Ethernet network works including both control plane and data plane
Knowledge of AI/ML/LLM in general; in particular knowledge of popular LLMs such as OpenAI, LLaMa, DeepSeek, etc. Understanding how these models work, their communication patterns and characteristics is an asset
Experience working with Network Interface Card (NIC)/DPU is an asset
Proof of successful project delivery history
Strong soft skills like curiosity, ability to learn quickly and adapt to fast changing research dynamics, excellent communication and presentation skills
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