Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Researcher. About the job:- Research how state-of-the-art web agents (browser-use, computer-use, MCP-based agents) interact with real-world websites - identifying failure modes, reliability gaps, and capability ceilings.
- Study how different web tech stacks affect agent performance, and define design patterns that make sites more agent-friendly.
- Investigate how LLMs perceive and reason about web content (HTML, rendered DOM, screenshots, accessibility trees) and which representations are most effective for different tasks.
- Prototype new architectures, interaction models, and agent frameworks to empirically test hypotheses and bridge Web capabilities with AI-driven Agents.
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total target annual compensation (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $106,000 to $156,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.
About the ideal candidate:- Solid understanding of how LLMs work - including prompting, context management, tool use, and reasoning patterns.
- Hands-on experience building or evaluating AI agents - particularly those that interact with external environments (web, APIs, tools).
- Comfortable using AI-assisted coding tools to build and iterate on prototypes independently; able to build prototypes independently.
- Strong research and writing skills, able to formulate clear hypotheses, design experiments, and communicate findings in structured written form.
