Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

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.

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.

Assist a faculty researcher in macro/labor economics with data cleaning, coding, statistical analysis, literature reviews, and support on research projects related to labor-market dynamics. 130 hours for Fall 2026; renewable for two terms.

Assist a research project on austerity and immigration policy by conducting literature reviews, synthesizing and analyzing legal and social-science sources, and attending remote research team meetings. Work independently, meet deadlines, and support research organization and analysis tasks.

Recruit and engage adult participants assigned female at birth or with a uterus for an online survey on sexual knowledge and wellbeing. Develop and distribute recruitment materials, liaise with community organizations, compile and clean Qualtrics survey data, assist with data organization and basic analyses. Short-term 35-hour contract with possible extension.

Lead Cayenta’s AI-centric R&D transformation, running R&D P&L, modernizing a legacy enterprise product, embedding AI across development practices, and leading a 70-person engineering organization while partnering with executives to deliver measurable revenue or cost impact.

Provide 130 hours of editorial research support for the Canadian Journal of Education: thematic and methodological analyses of past articles, prepare historical materials for publication, update the journal website (award recipients and past editorial teams), and revise author guidelines. Work bilingually in English and French and collaborate with the editorial team.

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.

Support the INSPIRE Core Facility by providing onsite experimental setup and monitoring, managing lab equipment and participant pools, troubleshooting equipment failures, and supporting online survey platforms and data-collection systems.

Lead needs analysis, gap assessments, and research planning for a new Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems capability. Elicit stakeholder requirements, document use-cases and processes, evaluate state-of-the-art C-UAS solutions, recommend options, and liaise with government, industry, and research partners to close capability gaps.

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.

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.

Translate historical Persian, Braj, and related primary sources into clear, accessible English for the Sikh History Project. Collaborate with researchers and advisors to select texts, estimate timelines, incorporate feedback, flag ambiguous passages, and maintain consistent terminology and Gurmat-informed contextual accuracy across translations and supporting factsheets and analytical materials.

Contract content editor to copyedit and proofread longform reports, articles, and factsheets for clarity, grammar, consistency, and flow. Provide structural and readability feedback while preserving author voice and aligning content with SikhRI standards and voice. Work is project-based with per-deliverable payments from July–Dec 2026.

Produce high-quality English translations of Braj (and occasionally Persian) historical and theological texts, collaborating with researchers and advisors. Preserve linguistic nuance, cultural context, and Gurmat perspective; flag ambiguous passages; support factsheets, analytical papers, and adhere to translation standards.

As a Research Engineer in Sensor Signal Processing, you will design and implement signal processing techniques for autonomous driving, working with various sensor data and optimizing algorithms for high performance.

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.

Accountable for monitoring and managing assigned oncology clinical trial sites to ensure compliance with ICH/GCP, sponsor SOPs and local regulations. Serves as primary site contact, conducts remote and on-site visits, maintains CTMS/eTMF records, supports site selection and start-up, resolves site performance and compliance issues, and collaborates with cross-functional teams. Requires substantial domestic and international travel.

Develop perceptual features for MR/AR experiences, establish image quality metrics, and research algorithms for light estimation and virtual object rendering.

Conduct careful information retrieval and research to develop tasks for training and benchmarking frontier AI models. Leverage web-enabled LLM research tooling, validate sources, cross-reference claims, and communicate findings and uncertainties clearly in synchronous and asynchronous settings. Contract role, ~20 hours/week for one month with possible extension.

Conduct research to evaluate and improve forecasting and agentic LLM web research. Formulate open problems, devise innovative solutions, build evaluations, benchmarks, and datasets, publish findings, and collaborate with frontier labs to improve AI epistemics and decision-making.

Manage and audit product catalog data across e-commerce platforms and CMS, optimize listings for SEO and platform rules, correct listing errors, support taxonomy and attribute structures, analyze catalog performance, and collaborate with marketing and design to improve digital merchandising.

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.