Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

The role involves researching and developing large language models (LLMs) with a focus on transformer architecture, data curation, distributed training, and optimization. Responsibilities include conducting experiments, collaborating with teams, and staying updated on deep learning advancements.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects to build customer world models and proactive intelligence: developing representation learning, foundation model, RL/agentic methods, evaluation frameworks, and shipping research into production to improve customer decision-making.

The Director of Research for Power Markets will oversee the QA/QC process for long-term price forecasts and act as an advisor to leadership, ensuring rigorous review and internal expertise engagement throughout the forecasting cycle.

Lead university-wide negotiation, governance, and lifecycle management of research contracts. Provide strategic advice, oversee staff and operations, implement a Contracts Management System, ensure compliance with sponsor, regulatory and institutional requirements, and foster partnerships to advance research strategy.

The role involves designing and analyzing FEC for optical communication systems, collaborating with various teams, and improving design procedures using coding and signal processing technologies.

Support the Director in building partnerships and advancing evidence-based public policy. Provide policy analysis, advise researchers and administrators, coordinate outreach, events, and knowledge mobilization to influence Canadian policy and unlock research and funding opportunities.

The VP of R&D will lead product development, manage teams across the US and Canada, ensure timely delivery of projects, and drive innovation in alignment with business strategies.

Teach an in-person bilingual research seminar in Art History and Theory. Guide students to develop personal research projects using disciplinary research methods and theory, and foster critical thinking. Course meets Friday evenings. Requires Ph.D. (or equivalent), post-secondary teaching experience, and publications. Bilingual language competence expected.

Teach an in-person combined ART4115/5115 seminar on contemporary research in art (Winter 2027). Deliver course content, demonstrate contemporary art history theory knowledge, provide university-level instruction, and maintain a record of related scholarly research. Course is Mondays 19:00-22:00, 3 credits, expected enrolment 20.

Lead quantitative research projects end-to-end, design proposals, analyze large datasets, prepare reports and presentations, advise clients strategically, mentor junior staff, support business development, and manage account-level client relationships.

Under faculty supervision, assist with literature review and qualitative data collection (focus groups, interviews, community meetings), process and analyze qualitative data, prepare analytical summaries and community documents, develop research tools, and coordinate project activities while adhering to Indigenous research ethics and community-engaged practices.

Lead the Centre for Indigenous Community Infrastructure as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, build community-rooted interdisciplinary research programs, secure external funding, expand partnerships, supervise trainees, contribute to teaching, and advance culturally grounded, implementable infrastructure solutions for Indigenous and remote communities.

Short-term research assistant supporting a Faculty of Education project (130 hours between July 20 and Oct 15, 2026). Duties negotiated with supervisor; work on Main Campus in English. Successful candidates must complete required university-mandated legislated training and follow CUPE 2626 collective agreement terms.

Support completion of a pilot study on young adult perceptions of democracy: perform final (thematic) data analysis, draft conference paper and journal article, and help prepare a collaborative SSHRC Insight grant application.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects developing customer world models and proactive intelligence. Work spans representation learning, foundation models, reinforcement learning, agentic decision systems, and evaluation. Tasks include designing methods, running experiments, publishing findings, and potentially shipping models into production to impact customer-facing products.

Conduct desk research and literature reviews, summarize findings, organize materials, and perform data analysis. Work (~64 hours) between July 10 and August 31 under supervision, using remote collaboration tools.

As a Research Intern, you will prototype and productionize research in AI and cryptographic schemes, collaborating with teams for real-world impact.

As a Research Intern at N1, contribute to market/product or technical research in blockchain, developing analytical skills.

The Senior Research Consultant will advise clients on market research, design studies, interpret results, and integrate AI into research processes.

Lead applied research and system development for spatial intelligence across drawings, BIM, and site data. Design, train, and deploy ML models for constructability, clash detection, and risk identification. Build proprietary datasets and ML pipelines, partner with engineering and product teams to productionize research, mentor senior staff, and shape long-term spatial AI strategy.

Support and maintain GxP-compliant quality systems: plan and conduct internal audits, manage CAPAs and deviations, review NCs and quality indicators, support vendor qualification and RFIs, assist with inspection readiness and client audits, create training and quality documentation, and perform IP release with GMP background.

Recruit and engage adult participants assigned female at birth or with a uterus for a sexual health survey. Develop/distribute recruitment materials, liaise with community organizations, compile and clean Qualtrics survey data, assist with data organization. 30-hour temporary contract with possible extension.

Partner with portfolio and risk managers to develop quantitative risk models, analyze U.S. power markets, improve backtesting and simulation infrastructure, attribute performance, track P&L and exposures, and deliver actionable insights to scale the trading and risk platform.

Work directly with physicists to drive adoption of an AI research platform: own user lifecycle from discovery to retention, design onboarding and scalable workflows, build guides and tooling, identify UX friction, and act as a technical point of contact while partnering with research and engineering.

Lead the development of advanced satellite capabilities for defence, overseeing research, technology integration, and collaboration across teams to address evolving operational needs.