Posted 17 days ago
KHRONOS Standard Expert Lead
@ Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Huawei Technologies Canada is hiring a Khronos Standard Expert Lead for a full-time permanent role within its Graphics Technology Lab. The lead will define and advance graphics API standards such as Vulkan and OpenGL, and guide the graphics standard team. The total compensation range is $121,000 to $230,000, depending on education, experience and demonstrated expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the graphics standard team and define graphics API standards
- Propose enhancements to graphics APIs to improve GPU application performance
- Work with Huawei teams engaging with graphics API standards
- Collaborate with product teams on innovative, maintainable solutions
Requirements summary:
- Master's degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent
- 3 years of Khronos or W3C standards experience
- Deep understanding of graphics APIs such as Vulkan, OpenGL and WebGPU
- Technical team leadership experience
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-20
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Computer Engineering |
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Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Khronos Standard Expert Lead.
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.
Responsibilities:
Lead the graphics standard team and business vision to define, design and develop enhancements target to future oriented graphics APIs and advance the feature sets of such APIs.
Propose enhancements to graphics APIs which could improve the runtime performance of applications relying on GPU on Huawei devices.
You will work with Huawei teams engaging with graphics API standards.
You will also interface and collaborate with various product teams at Huawei to come up with innovative, clean and maintainable solutions.
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:
Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent.
Deep understanding of graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenGL, webGL, webGPU)
Proven ability to propose and develop enhancements to a graphics API specification while considering the impact on the larger ecosystem (production, delivery, runtime)
3 years of experience in KHRONOS/W3C standard activities including Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGL|ES, SPIR-V, glTF, webGL, webGPU etc
Deep understanding and experience in computer graphics
Technical team leadership experience with ability to lead Huawei’s vision and the graphics standard team
Awareness of new SOTA technologies such as neural rendering, 3D Gaussian Splatting and their influence on Standard.
Experienced in parallel/distributed computing technologies.
Experienced in machine learning technologies.
Good publication record in top journals and conferences.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Additional Information:
Huawei Canada is committed to a fair, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodation during any stage of the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
All applications for this position are reviewed directly by our hiring team, we do not use artificial intelligence tools to screen or select candidates.
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