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Dynamic Careers of Discovery and Diversity
Defence R&D; Canada offers a progressive, stimulating and flexible environment for talented professionals seeking challenging careers in research and development.
Career Development
Our ambitious R&D; Program offers opportunities in a diverse number of scientific and technical disciplines, while providing long-term career development. Beyond scientific research, Defence R&D; Canada offers a broad range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for careers in administration and support.
Defence R&D; Canada recognizes the critical importance of people in the achievement of any successful R&D; activity. To that end we promote a diverse, team oriented corporate culture that rewards achievement and encourages professional and personal development.
Learning and Mentoring
Defence R&D; Canada encourages the acquisition and sharing of knowledge among employees at all levels. In addition to formal courses and learning options, our working environment is designed to make continuous learning, coaching and mentoring an integral part of the organization.
All employees have access to a wide range of professional development programs ranging from courses designed to enhance management and leadership skills to other specialized and critical core competencies.
Research Environment
Our world-class research centres are equipped with a broad range of sophisticated equipment and unique facilities. Each centre provides a multi-disciplinary team approach to research which promotes the sharing of knowledge and experience among defence scientists, as well as providing opportunities to acquire new skills and explore new scientific disciplines.
Research is carried out in small interdependent teams designed to provide a stimulating environment that encourages and recognizes both team accomplishments and individual successes.
Research assignments are structured to provide realistic levels of achievement, tangible evidence of progress, and to recognize the contributions of individuals.
Many assignments offer the opportunity to follow a project through from its conception to the technology transfer stage, which precedes commercial production.
Opportunities at Home and Abroad
Defence R&D; Canada has research centres near Halifax, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, and Medicine Hat. Employees often work in more than one of these locations over the course of their careers. In addition, our international alliances and academic and industry partnerships provide our defence scientists, engineers, technicians and administrative staff with many opportunities to work abroad.
Foreign postings and field stations assignments which are co-located with the Canadian Forces Operational Commands.
Three-year postings to scientific liaison positions outside Canada,
Temporary exchange of scientific personnel with a laboratory in another NATO country.
Specialized research expeditions with industry, academic and international partners.
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