Senior Researcher - Agent Human-Computer Interaction (Agent HCI)

<p><strong><span style="font-size:1.2em"><span style="color:#121317">Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for a Senior Researcher.</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> </span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:1.2em"><span style="color:#121317">About the team:</span></span></strong></p><p class="p"><span style="color:#121317">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.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:1.2em"><span style="color:#121317">About the job:</span></span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Continuously monitor frontier industrial events and leading AI startups to generate strategic insight reports and guide long-term product planning.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Analyze emerging trends in Agent systems, AI PCs, edge AI, multimodal foundation models, embodied AI, and next-generation computing platforms.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Research the evolution of interaction paradigms from GUI to Agent-native computing and define novel models for autonomous, proactive, multimodal AI agents.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Maintain close awareness of top HCI/AI research communities (CHI, NeurIPS, CVPR, etc.), identify high-impact work with commercialization potential, and build collaborations across North America.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Prototype next-generation experiences for Agent-human interfaces and intelligent devices, including spatial, multimodal, voice-first, and multi-agent workflows.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Validate concepts through rapid prototyping and user studies to test feasibility and user experience.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Collaborate across AI research, UX design, system architecture, hardware, and product teams to influence long-term technology strategy and interaction architecture.</span></p></li><li><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><span style="color:#121317">Translate academic breakthroughs and research concepts into platform capabilities and commercial products, driving the transition from ideas to roadmaps.</span></p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p><span style="color:#121317">The </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">total target annual compensation</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $127,000 - $225,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.</span></p>