Senior AI Research Engineer

Huawei Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 121,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Huawei Canada is seeking a Principal AI Research Engineer to lead AI research projects focused on rendering techniques. The role involves mentoring junior engineers and translating advanced research into real-world applications. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of engineering experience, significant expertise in machine learning, and a strong academic background, including published work in relevant conferences. The position is full-time and located in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of solid industry engineering level and experience.
• 3+ years industry work experience in CG related field with hands-on development.
• Extensive background in machine learning and deep learning techniques.
• Published papers at top conferences or journals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead projects, team ideas, and mentor junior engineers.
• Conduct advanced research and engineering on AI-based rendering techniques.
• Transfer advanced research AI/CG solutions to real-world problems.
• Summarize research findings in high-quality papers or patents.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Neural representation/rendering

Shading languages

Education

MSc / Ph.D. in computer science or related fields

Job description

Huawei Canada Principal AI Research Engineer

Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a full-time permanent Principal AI Research Engineer.

About the Team

Established in 2012, the Central Media Technology Institute (CMTI) is Huawei's center for media technology innovation and engineering, enhancing the technical competitiveness of media products. Sitting within CMTI, the Graphics Technology Lab focuses on research and breakthroughs in photography, audio, video, computer graphics, XR, and codec standards to maintain the company's leadership in media technology. Our R&D team comprises skilled CG algorithm experts, researchers, software architects, and standards specialists dedicated to building core capabilities for an improved graphics experience.

About the Job

Develop and lead projects, team ideas, and mentor junior engineers.

Conduct advanced research and engineering on AI-based rendering techniques including but not limited to Neural Rendering acceleration, Neural material representation, Neural Texture Compression, etc.

Transfer advanced research AI/CG solutions to solving real-world problems that will be integrated in various Huawei products.

Provide expert opinions on relevant fields by summarizing research findings in high-quality papers or patents.

The base salary for this position ranges from $121,000 to $230,000 depending on education, experience and demonstrated expertise.

Job requirements

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Solid industry engineering level and experience over 5 years.
• Industry work experience in CG related field over 3 years with hands-on development.
• MSc / Ph.D. in computer science or related fields with a focus on applied ML to computer graphics or computer vision.
• Extensive Background in machine learning and deep learning, e.g., DNN, GAN, ViT, and Diffusion techniques.
• Experienced in neural representation/rendering such as NerF, Gaussian Splatting, neural rendering, procedural generation, SVBRDF, etc.
• Experienced in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc. and a track record of translating ideas into research prototypes quickly.
• Published Papers at relevant conferences or Journals such as SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, TOG, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI.
• Experienced programming skills on shading languages, e.g., glsl, hlsl, etc.
• Experienced in building large-scale machine learning solutions for general computer vision/graphics topics including model design, data collection/augmentation evaluation, etc.