Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

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.

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.

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.

Perform internet-based research on NATO and related international documents; prepare and deliver a research report; assist organizing a conference; attend regular meetings, communicate with supervisor, and report progress. Continental language skills are an asset.

Coordinate and monitor research projects, support major grant applications, manage budgets and administrative operations, liaise with partners, organize events, maintain communications and documentation, and support centre strategic priorities under the director's supervision.

Assist with a scoping review by performing title, abstract, and full-text screening using Covidence, pilot-testing inclusion/exclusion criteria, attending research team meetings, and participating in data analysis as needed. 80 hours of work on Main Campus between Sept 7 and Nov 7, 2026.

Monitor and support the Financial Research and Learning Lab: supervise access and terminals, liaise with IT, assist users with software/databases, support events, maintain web/guides/social media, collect lab metrics, and assist with projects throughout the semester.

Short-term research assistant to support the creation of a special issue. Duties include editorial and research support as negotiated with the supervising professor. Position runs September 1–28, 2026 for 38.5 hours, English work language.

Support faculty research by preparing grant materials and publications, conducting literature reviews, performing data analysis, and contributing to academic writing. 180-hour short-term appointment (Sept 14, 2026–Jan 5, 2027). Suitable for Master's or PhD students. Work performed on main campus in English.

The Senior Editor, Research & Intelligence will gather and analyze audience insights to shape content and strategy, driving measurable growth and improving audience engagement through insight-driven recommendations and reporting.

Create and merge longitudinal Canadian worker datasets using restricted-access uOttawa RDC data, clean and analyze the panel, and develop reproducible R scripts. Meet with supervising professors to document progress and request guidance. Work totals 130 hours between Sept 1 and Dec 22, 2026.

Support Centre for International Policy Studies research by taking analytical notes at events, drafting reports and briefing notes, organizing research materials, and assisting with event coordination and content production. Bilingual (English/French) writing and synthesis expected.

The successful candidate will conduct research in experimental cellular and systems biophysics, focusing on neural and cardiac cells and their interconnections, and drive innovative collaborations for health advancements.

The Senior Research Scientist will innovate and optimize models for real-time learning, collaborating across domains to enhance efficiency and impact, with a strong focus on practical applications and measurable outcomes.

Lead full-chip DFT architecture and implementation including scan, compression, MBIST/BIST, ATPG vector generation, gate-level verification, and silicon debug. Collaborate with STA, physical design, memory compiler, and test teams to ensure production-ready silicon with high test coverage and diagnostic capability, and support bring-up and debug on silicon.

Lead marketing initiatives at Whetstone Research, create digital content, manage contributors, and prioritize strategies in blockchain and crypto.

Design, build, and operate large-scale RL post-training systems for multimodal foundation models: distributed training, high-throughput rollout generation, environment and reward infrastructure, evaluation and debugging tooling, and efficiency/stability improvements. Collaborate with researchers to productionize RL methods and run stable RL training across thousands of GPUs.

Conduct market and competitive intelligence research for quantum computing products; track competitors, patents, publications, financial signals, and industry trends. Use AI-enabled tools and dashboards (Tableau/Power BI/Python) to gather, analyze, and visualize data. Produce reports and presentations to inform product strategy and support cross-functional teams.

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.

Provide administrative and program-support to the clinical program director, including compiling tables, communicating with faculty and students, assisting with program/policy initiatives, developing resources, and contributing to equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts.

Lead research-driven branded content for Skift Studio: design and run sponsor-funded surveys, analyze data, translate findings into reports and multi-format content, manage freelancers and sponsor relationships, use AI tools to accelerate workflows, and research/script/host partner events and webinars while collaborating with sales and internal teams to pitch and deliver high-impact programs.

Provide high-level administrative and operational support to executive and senior leadership: manage complex calendars and inboxes, coordinate meetings, travel, and board materials, maintain confidential records, publish internal communications via SharePoint, and partner with HR on employee engagement and events. Improve processes using Microsoft 365 and AI tools.

Lead long-horizon R&D to define future decision intelligence: explore reasoning architectures, prototype and formalize system primitives, evaluate new signal classes, and translate research into reusable components aligned to strategic product direction.

Build and maintain experimental decision-system prototypes, evaluation tooling, simulation environments, and research infrastructure to enable rapid iteration and validation of research concepts in real-world constraints.

Apply formal decision theory and structured reasoning to enterprise problems: design decision frameworks, model uncertainty and tradeoffs, test decision architectures, run experiments, and translate research into system-ready primitives collaborating with engineering and product teams.