Research Associate

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Research Associate Department Rohling | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science (Robert Rohling) Posting End Date October 13, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date October 31, 2027 Job details and application process: Applications will be accepted until 11:59  pm on October 16, 2026.  The anticipated start date is  November 1, 2026.  This initial appointment is for a one-year term at 40 hours per week, with possibility of extension subject to work performance and available funding. The starting salary is $95,000 per annum.  To apply, please provide the following: a one-page letter of intent which includes a statement of your research interest, a detailed curriculum vitae, a PDF copy or a link to one of your recent and related peer-reviewed publications, and the names of three references. Please submit the requested documents in one combined PDF file. Only completed applications will be considered.  Complete application packages should be submitted online through the UBC Faculty Careers job portal (https://hr.ubc.ca/careers-and-job-postings/faculty-careers).  CONTEXT: UBC DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING The University of British Columbia is a Tier One research university with over 55,000 students and 5,700 faculty, ranked among the top twenty universities in the world and the top three in Canada. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of the largest academic units at UBC, with over 400 graduate students and 1,100 undergraduate students. The department is situated on UBC’s Point Grey campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver is consistently rated as one of the world’s most livable cities. The University of British Columbia and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering acknowledge the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people on whose traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory the University resides. For more information about the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, please visit  https://ece.ubc.ca/ . For information about the laboratory of Prof. Rohling please visit https://ece.ubc.ca/robert-rohling/. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Research…