Senior Computer Vision Scientist - Human-Centered AI

Huawei Canada; Markham; On-site; CAD 127,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Huawei Canada is seeking a Senior Researcher to lead research in computer vision and human‑centered AI. You will define directions, develop real-time 2D/3D perception algorithms, and build compact models for deployment on devices.

You will integrate vision models with lightweight components to enable spatial reasoning and agentic workflows. The role emphasizes end‑to‑end optimization, mentoring, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to drive product‑oriented outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied R&D in computer vision, spatial computing, robotics, or intelligent devices.
• Ownership of complex perception or machine‑learning systems from research to product delivery.
• Deep expertise in detection, segmentation, tracking, hand pose estimation, 3D vision, camera geometry, and sensor calibration.
• Experience deploying compact models using distillation, pruning, quantization and acceleration toolkits (ONNX/TensorRT/TFLite/OpenVINO/NPUs).
• Strong Python and C/C++ skills with real-time video processing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define and advance research directions in computer vision, spatial perception, and human‑centered AI.
• Develop algorithms for 2D/3D scene understanding, tracking, hand and gesture recognition, and real-time reconstruction.
• Develop efficient small‑model pipelines for real-time detection, tracking, temporal modeling, and interaction-state recognition.
• Integrate vision foundation models and lightweight perception components for spatial reasoning and agentic workflows.
• Optimize end-to-end vision systems for accuracy, latency, power, memory, and hardware constraints.
• Establish datasets, evaluation frameworks, and technical milestones; build prototypes and mentor others.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Research & Development

Team mentoring

Collaborative work

Education

PhD in Computer Science/Engineering/Robotics/AI

Master's with substantial industry R&D

Tools

ONNX

TensorRT

TFLite

OpenVINO

NPU acceleration

Job description

Huawei Canada is seeking a Senior Researcher to lead research in computer vision and human‑centered AI. You will define directions, develop real-time 2D/3D perception algorithms, and build compact models for deployment on devices.

You will integrate vision models with lightweight components to enable spatial reasoning and agentic workflows. The role emphasizes end‑to‑end optimization, mentoring, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to drive product‑oriented outcomes.