R&D Associate/R&D Assistant

About the Position

What is the Boomerang-o-vation program?

A prestigious innovation talent development program providing graduates from the Atlantic provinces the unique opportunity to develop innovation skills through paid externships at Tech-Access Canada’s Technology Access Centres (TAC) across Canada, followed by paid internships at Atlantic SMEs.

What is a Technology Access Centre (TAC)?

TACs are nationally recognized applied R&D centres operating exclusively at selected colleges and cégeps. TACs work with 5,000 companies each year.

Leading Edge – Paid Externship at a TAC

We are looking for 10 recent graduates in the Atlantic region to be selected to complete a 6–12-month paid externship at a TAC as a Research Assistant or Research Associate acquiring innovation skills and participating in multiple applied research projects with SMEs from the TAC’s region. You will enjoy a supporting role as part of the multi-disciplinary TAC team where you will contribute your unique expertise to approximately 20 different real-world projects.

Trailing Edge – Paid Internship at an Atlantic Region Small or Medium Sized Enterprise (SME)

After your tenure with the TAC, you’ll return to your home region where you will spend an additional 6-12 months at a host company to transfer the innovation expertise acquired in the previous paid internship to make the SME more innovative and productive. At the SMEs, you will help support company-focused innovation challenges, lead technology adoption and R&D activities, and help increase competitiveness of the participating companies.

Qualifications

To participate, you must agree to the terms and conditions of the program including:

• Committing to complete both the paid externship at a TAC and a paid internship at a SME in the Atlantic region.
• You must have completed your studies at one of the public colleges or universities in the Atlantic region colleges within the last two years.
• You must be 45 years of age or younger as of the application deadline. 

We Are Seeking Qualified Candidates With Backgrounds And Experience In Three Broad Categories:

• Engineering/Engineering Tech (Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Ai & Machine Learning, Iot Programing and Integration, Sensors, Robotics, Etc.)
• Science And Research (Agronomy, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Etc.)
• Trades (Manufacturing, Fabrication And Design, Culinary Work And Research, Forest Technologies, Etc.)

For complete program, eligibility & application details, please visit: https://boomerangovation.ca/ 

If you have any questions please e-mail Laura at boomerangovation@tech-access

Submit your application online at: https://boomerangovation.ca/apply/

About the Company

Tech-Access Canada Boomerang-o-vation
350 Sparks Street, Suite 909
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7S8

Company Contact

Laura Bratanek
boomerangovation@tech-access.ca
Preferred Contact: Email

Documents to be Forwarded

• Resume