Date Posted: June 19, 2024
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
Job Type: Seasonal / Contract
Job Category:

• Applied and Environmental Sciences
• Business, Accounting and Marketing
• Culinary, Tourism and Hospitality
• Engineering Technology
• Health and Wellness
• Industrial Trades and Technology
• Information Technology (IT) and Data Analytics

Job Start Date: Immediately
Job Location: On-site Position (Various, Across Canada, Canada)
Positions Available: 10
Salary: 50,000-75,000
Hours Per Week: 35-40

Job Description

What is the Boomerang-o-vation program?
A prestigious innovation talent development program providing a select group of college and university graduates from the Atlantic provinces the unique opportunity to develop innovation skills through paid R&D Associate/R&D Assistant 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 from colleges and universities 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 as a Research Assistant or Research Associate 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:
  • 1. Engineering/engineering tech (mechanical, electrical, software, ai & machine learning, iot programing and integration, sensors, robotics, etc.)
  • 2. Science and research (agronomy, biotechnology, environmental sciences, etc.)
  • 3. Trades (manufacturing, fabrication and design, culinary work and research, forest technologies, etc.)

Other

For complete program, eligibility & application details, please visit: https://boomerangovation.ca/ If you have any questions please e-mail Laura at boomerangovation@tech-access.ca

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

How to Apply

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

Company Information

Company Name: Tech-Access Canada Boomerang-o-vation

Address: 350 Sparks Street, Suite 909

City/Town: Ottawa

Postal/Zip Code: K1R 7S8

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

Website: www.boomerangovation.ca

Company Contact

Contact Person: Laura Bratanek

Contact Person Job Title: Project Manager

Telephone: 613-867-4069

Email: boomerangovation@tech-access.ca