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:
Lead the development of the 2D rendering technology stack and windowing system for terminal operating systems, and drive performance optimization under heavy-load scenarios, with a focus on reducing power consumption and system load.
Drive research and innovation for next-generation 2D rendering technologies, including architectural exploration and implementation such as dynamic fixed-function pipelines and data-driven rendering approaches.
Design and build the desktop environment of the windowing system to support ecosystem development, delivering a cross-platform, high-performance, and low-power system desktop experience.
About the ideal candidate:
Strong understanding of operating systems: solid knowledge of how terminal operating systems function, including fundamentals such as foreground/background resource allocation, CPU/GPU/DDR scheduling and frequency scaling, process and thread management and communication, and user mode vs. kernel mode transitions.
Deep understanding of 2D graphics and rendering: familiar with window management, rendering, and composition pipelines in mainstream operating systems such as Android, Linux, and iOS. Able to analyze each stage of the runtime pipeline, identify CPU/GPU/DDR bottlenecks, and understand key strategies and trade-offs between performance and power efficiency in these systems.
Understanding of desktop environments: familiar with the architecture of mainstream desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE. Clear understanding of the responsibilities of different modules and how they impact system performance and user experience at runtime.
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.
