Huawei Cloud is one of the largest and fastest-growing cloud providers in the world. We rank 2nd and 5th in terms of Cloud market share in China and in the worldwide.

Huawei is the 2nd highest private sector investor in research and the development in the world. With 107,000+ dedicated employees, Huawei has the largest R&D Institute on the planet. In Europe, we have a wide network of 27+ Research Centers dedicated to fundamental and applied technology research, academic research cooperation projects, and strategic technical planning.

Our Huawei Zurich Research Center is embedded in the European network and plays a pivotal role in driving innovation. The research work of our Labs is carried out not only by Huawei's internal research staff but also by our academic research partners in universities across Europe.

The Intelligent Cloud Technology Research Lab is in charge of incubating and developing cutting-edge technologies that will shape the next-generation of the Cloud Computing industry.

For our new Cloud Rendering Lab in Zurich, we are looking for a high caliber:

(Senior) Research Engineer in Computer Graphics/Rendering Algorithms

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for researching the application of (real-time) rendering algorithms to the cloud setting, developing algorithms to scale image generation and reducing image generation costs in different settings.
• Analysis of academic papers and implementation of the knowledge of the latest rendering algorithms in the industry.
• Modeling of rendering algorithms by modifying a suitable algorithm model (including the innovativeness of the original algorithm).

Requirements & qualifications:

• PhD or BSc/MSc with few years of experience in computer science or other domain-related disciplines (e.g. Computer Graphics related majors).
• Familiar with rendering algorithms, including: ray tracing, path tracer, BSDF  optimization, importance sampling, Many lights algorithms (VPL), BVH, KDTree acceleration algorithms, multi-view rendering, VR, Micropolygon rendering etc.
• Familiar with writing code in C++, OpenGL, Vulkan, Shader and Compute languages and other interfaces, MPI parallel interface are considered a plus.
• Working with different material models, animation systems, virtual human models, expression and skin rendering are considered a bonus.
• Ability to read academic papers, write patents, and communicate with external experts, along with experience in community development and maintenance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team-work spirit, and independent working capability.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Nice to Have:

• Ideally you bring experience with open source softwares like Mitsuba, Embree or game engines like UE, Unity, or O3DE.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and incentive schemes
• Work with top Researchers and University Professors
• Research on high-impact topics.
• Growth & development
• International mobility