Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Senior Principal Architect.
About the team:
The web, Windowing and Graphics team is exploring novel architectures to accelerate the rendering of ArkUI and web platform content. Areas of study include customizing GPU drivers for the needs of web rendering, simplifying the Chrome rendering architecture assuming only TBDR GPU targets, concurrent web layout and taking advantage of the vertical integration possibilities afforded by Huawei’s HarmonyOS.
About the job:
Provide insights as to the OS Graphics software stack and hardware trends, e.g., GUI, display and input techs.
Identify key technologies and lead the team in researching and implementing PoCs.
Lead the Canada team to collaborate with the China-based engineering team for production.
About the ideal candidate:
Good communication and presentation skills.
Leadership skills to communicate architecture vision and targets and develop consensus with other teams.
Deep and wide experience in the OS graphics area, especially for GUI, 2D/3D graphics architecture, render pipelines, application frameworks, and GPU acceleration.
Familiar with graphic APIs like OpenGLES, Vulkan, Metal, Direct2D, etc.
Familiar with Android, iOS and web graphics stacks with knowledge of components like surfaceflinger, web animations and CoreAnimation.
Experience in CE (Consumer Electronic) development and industry trends.
Skills Required
- Deep experience in OS graphics area
- Good communication and leadership skills
- Familiar with graphic APIs like OpenGLES, Vulkan, Metal
- Experience in Consumer Electronic development
What We Do
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. In Canada, Huawei conducts innovative and leading edge research in 5G technologies, along with advanced development of emerging cloud, device and network technologies & services. While our renowned Canada Research Centre in the thriving technology landscape of Ottawa, Ontario continues to grow rapidly in size and strategic product initiatives, additional presence has also been established across Canada with R&D facilities in Vancouver, Edmonton, Waterloo, Markham, Montreal, and a R&D office in Quebec City.
