Senior AI Research Engineer
Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. Open · verified Oct 22, 2026 At a glance
Senior AI Research role at Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. Vancouver · full-time · CA$121,000–CA$230,000 OTE.
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What you'll do
- Lead research projects and guide junior engineers as they develop ideas
- Build AI-based rendering methods, including neural rendering acceleration, material representations and texture compression
- Turn AI and computer graphics research into solutions for real-world problems and Huawei products
- Share findings through high-quality research papers or patents
What you bring
- More than five years of engineering experience, including over three years of hands-on work in computer graphics
- A master's or doctoral degree in computer science or a related field, focused on applied machine learning for graphics or vision
- Strong machine learning and deep learning experience, including neural representation or rendering techniques
- Experience with Python and machine learning frameworks, plus a record of rapidly prototyping research ideas
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer with applied machine learning and computer graphics research experience who can lead projects and mentor junior engineers. The position is onsite in Vancouver.
From the employer
Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a full-time permanent Senior 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 total compensation for this position ranges from $121,000 to $230,000 depending on education, experience and demonstrated expertise.
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.