Research Scientist

Ellison Institute of Technology; Town of Oxford; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in Nova Scotia is seeking a Research Scientist with expertise in large-scale machine learning. You will design and evaluate advanced models to support scientific progress across multiple fields. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in a relevant discipline and a proven research record through publications. The role offers enhanced benefits including holiday pay, pension, and medical insurance, emphasizing collaboration and communication within cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday pay

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Hospital Cash Plan

Therapy Services

Perk Box

Electric Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and implementing large-scale machine learning systems.
• Record of impactful research demonstrated by publications or patents.
• Excellent communication skills and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to research projects from concept to deployment.
• Develop and train large-scale models integrating complex datasets.
• Work with scientists, clinicians, and engineers on practical applications.
• Communicate research results through presentations and publications.
• Maintain high standards of code quality and team practices.

Skills

Large-scale machine learning

Data management

Distributed computing

Scientific communication

Education

PhD or equivalent in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

Join us at EIT:

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we’re on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges in four transformative areas:

• Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
• Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
• Climate Change & Managing CO₂
• Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you’ll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas for lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org.

Your Role:

We are looking to recruit a Research Scientist with expertise in large-scale machine learning. In this role you will design, train, and evaluate advanced machine learning models to support scientific and technological progress across multiple fields.

Your Responsibilities:

• Contribute to research projects from initial concept through to deployment in collaboration with applied and operations teams.
• Develop and train large-scale models, including those integrating multiple data types and complex datasets.
• Work with teams of scientists, clinicians, and engineers to ensure research objectives meet practical application requirements.
• Communicate research results through internal presentations and external publications, as applicable.
• Maintain high standards of code quality, reproducibility, and team collaboration practices.

Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related discipline (eg. Physics, mathematics, and computational biology).
• Experience in designing and implementing large-scale machine learning systems, such as, aspects of model training, finetuning, data management, and distributed computing.
• A record of impactful research as demonstrated by at least one publication in AI/ML conferences, patents, or scientific journals.
• Excellent communication skills and the willingness to work with diverse cross-functional teams while solving ambitious and complex problems in an efficient manner.

We offer the following salary and benefits:

• Enhanced holiday pay
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hospital Cash Plan
• Therapy Services
• Perk Box
• Electric Car Scheme

Working Together – What It Involves:

• You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.
• You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford.

NB: the above are both optional based on the role being recruited for