Job Description

Company Description

About Huawei

With 194,000 employees and operating in more than 170 countries and regions, Huawei is a leading global creator and provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Integrated solutions span across four key domains - telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services. Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

About Huawei Canada

Huawei Canada focuses on fundamental research and development aimed at solving complex technical problems in emerging technologies like 5G, AI, Human Computer Interaction and Autonomous Driving. With ongoing research initiatives with 10 Universities across Canada and strategic collaboration agreements with several Universities, we support Canada's rich research community. In 2020, Huawei Canada ranked among the Top 20 corporate R&D investors in the country with a huge 40% increase in R&D investment year over year. Huawei Canada was established in 2008 and now has a total workforce of 1,200 in our six research centers across Canada.

Why work with Huawei Canada?

You will have the opportunity to work on real-world problems that impact people across the globe. Many of our researchers are actively involved in publishing conference and journal papers, inventing patents and solving challenging technical problems. With cutting edge tools, access to highly specialized leaders and researchers, and significant funding, you will be well supported to fulfil your potential and pursue your professional dreams.



As a member of the Processor Architecture team, you will be responsible for evolving and enhancing the microarchitecture of leading-edge ARM cores used in various SOCs targeted at several markets including handsets.

Our current Microprocessor Architects perform a wide range of duties, including:

• Researching new algorithms and architectures through academic literature surveys, competitive analysis, customer interaction, and application of good engineering practices
• Studying and understanding industry benchmarks in order to identify their characteristics, and performance bottlenecks
• Reviewing RTL implementations and recognizing areas which can be optimized to improve the power, performance, and area (PPA) of the processor
• Proposing, developing, and documenting new architectural alternatives which improve the PPA of Huawei's existing ARM-based microarchitectures
• Working with the Modeling & Optimization architects and machine learning groups to tune and demonstrate the benefits of the architectural enhancements
• Working with the Modeling and Optimization architects and implementation teams to ensure the successful delivery of an ARM core which meets prescribed performance, power, and area requirements

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with experience in CPU microarchitecture, ASIC design, and performance modeling.

Working knowledge of:

• Modern CPU microarchitecture and instruction sets:
• CPU cache structures and algorithms
• Branch prediction algorithms
• ARM ISA, microarchitecture, and system design considered a strong asset.

• EDA languages such as Systemverilog. Experience with C, C++, or similar high-level programming language is also a strong asset
• Gem5 or equivalent microarchitecture simulators operating at various abstraction levels.
• Scripting languages such as Python, etc.
• Queuing theory, complex arbitration, and flow control
• Real-time embedded programming, deadlocks, and race conditions
• Implementing complex algorithms in hardware
• ASIC design, verification, and PD challenges, and how architectural decisions influence these activities

Additional Information

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.