Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

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.

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 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.

Teach academic essay writing focusing on grammar, organization, research paper preparation, and acknowledgment of sources through writing exercises.

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.

Teach a graduate-level course (EDU8106) on epistemological foundations of research for PhD students. Cover epistemological assumptions, ethical implications, and application of research skills. Prepare and deliver course materials (English instruction), support e-learning modalities, assess student work, and engage in scholarly teaching aligned with recent publications.

Assist faculty with large-scale data cleaning and merging, perform preliminary empirical analysis, and conduct code review and replication checks. 130 hours between Sept 1 and Dec 22; must be a PhD Economics student with coding skills in Python, R, and STATA.

Prepare an online version of the Political Dictionary of Quebec's Municipal Scene and create promotional visual materials (ideally bilingual). Work runs July 6–Aug 31 for 80 hours. Requires knowledge of Quebec municipal system, strong writing, and proficiency with computer graphics software. Open to undergraduate students; work conducted at main campus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The AI Research Engineer will design, implement, and improve AI systems for therapy, enhance evaluation methods, and collaborate with various teams to innovate and ensure safety in AI therapy.

Assist in desk research, literature review, data analysis, and summarizing findings related to social inequalities in African or diasporic contexts.

The Research Scientist/Engineer will innovate algorithms for real-time adaptation, optimize ML systems, and ensure impactful product interactions.

The role involves refining and personalizing Luma's multimodal AI models, improving their controllability and adaptability for creative workflows, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Manage technical programs for generative AI video models, translating research into milestones, coordinating teams, and ensuring successful execution across all phases.

The role focuses on refining Luma's foundation models for better controllability and personalization while collaborating across research, product, and design teams.

Seeking a Research Scientist/Engineer to design and optimize distributed training systems for large-scale multimodal AI models using thousands of GPUs.

The Research Engineer will design scalable evaluation systems for multimodal generative AI models, integrating metrics and automated pipelines for model assessment and improvement.

The role focuses on optimizing AI models for efficiency, involving GPU/CPU code profiling, high-performance programming, and developing performance tools.

Build tools and infrastructure for training language and multi-agent models in interactive environments; research and implement advances in language modeling and reinforcement learning; contribute to publications and open-source projects.

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.

Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, management, and close-out visits to ensure protocol, regulatory and ICH/GCP compliance. Review source documents and CRFs, manage queries, investigational product handling, ISF/TMF reconciliation, documentation, and support audit readiness. Act as liaison with sites and sponsors, support recruitment/retention, and may train junior staff. Heavy travel (up to 75%).

The Research Scientist will develop models for natural hazards, evaluate scientific literature, clean data, and implement projects using Python and GIS tools.