Co-op Student, Advanced Material & Monitoring

Alberta Innovates; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

InnoTech Alberta seeks a Co-op student in the Advanced Materials and Monitoring Division. This full-time role offers hands-on experience in materials testing, project support, and research development. Ideal candidates will be enrolled in an engineering program and have a strong interest in innovation and research activities.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited Canadian university co-op program.
• Experience with programming languages is an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support project execution and assist in the analysis of data.
• Conduct literature reviews and assist in scoping new research areas.
• Participate in modeling, algorithm development, and training.

Skills

Programming languages

Microsoft 365

Written communication

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Education

Materials, Mechanical, or Metallurgical Engineering

Job description

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InnoTech Alberta’s Advanced Materials and Monitoring Division is a dynamic team of engineers, scientists, and technologists with mandate to de-risk and accelerate materials, manufacturing, and monitoring solutions to address industry operational challenges and innovation requirements. Specifically, the Advanced Materials and Monitoring Division works closely with industry clients to:

• Validate material performance and integrity management solutions for industrial application to enable improved asset reliability and longevity, reduced maintenance and repair costs, and lower environmental impacts
• De-risk advanced manufacturing technologies for industrial deployment to improve competitiveness, increase asset longevity, and lower environmental impacts
• Deploy monitoring solutions to address niche integrity, reliability, and process measurement challenges and improve operational efficiencies.

The Co-op position – in partnership with accredited Canadian University - will support the team’s our applied research, technology and innovation projects, mostly in area of materials testing.

Working under direct supervision of a professional materials engineer , meaningful work experiences will be provided :

• Support of project execution, assist in analysis and processing of measured data and reporting on findings
• Assist in scoping potential new research areas including literature reviews
• Involve with our on-going modeling and algorithm development, training and validation activities.
• Unique opportunities for research and development projects in a large range of applications; scientific studies to industrial applications.
• Overall, excellent potential for personalized growth and development of career experience to areas of interest.

Requirements :

• Current enrolment in Materials, Mechanical, or Metallurgical Engineering program in accredited Canadian university where co-op program is required by their curriculum.
• Experience with programming languages is considered a benefit
• General proficiency with Microsoft 365 suite.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work within a team environment and complete individual assignments.

Students should have a strong interest in research or innovation activities in materials, chemical and/or mechanical engineering and related areas of equipment design, instrumentation, and computer applications. Preference will be given to students looking for an eight (8) month Co-op term. This will be full-time role where the successful student can anticipate working 36.25 hours per week

Why InnoTech Alberta?

InnoTech Alberta, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alberta Innovates, is a leading Research and Technology Organization established by the Government of Alberta to serve the needs of industry, innovation ecosystem & academia. Offering a diversified range of scientific, engineering, and technological research expertise and experience, and unique industrial-scale research infrastructure, equipment, and demonstration facilities, InnoTech Alberta accelerates and de-risks technology research, development, and deployment with focus on industrial solutions and innovation advancement. With a reputation for quality service and a long history of impacts in Alberta’s economy going back a century, our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to environment to fibre and bio-industrial.

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned.

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance.

Deadline for submission of application will be on June 29, 2025.

INNOTECH ALBERTA IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.