# Technical Research Scientist

Who We Are Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose - the essence of SFU - is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do. In support of the Jennewein and Higginbottom Laboratories at Simon Fraser University (SFU), we are seeking 2 highly skilled Technical Research Scientists to support the development, deployment, and operation of the Vancouver Quantum Network (QVan) - a metropolitan-scale quantum communications testbed connecting research, industry, and government partners across British Columbia. QVan will establish a dual use demonstration platform integrating fibre based and satellite enabled quantum communication technologies to validate quantum secure communications, quantum key distribution (QKD), distributed quantum computing, and quantum sensing. This position will be central to designing, integrating, and validating network hardware, coordinating multi partner activities, and advancing SFU’s leadership in national quantum networking infrastru

- **Id**: 3732810
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/simon-fraser-university-technical-research-scientist>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-21T16:47:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T21:16:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 22
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6322
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Education, Books, Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 17036
- **Name**: Simon Fraser University
- **Domain**: sfu.ca
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/simon-fraser-university>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 22

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T08:56:16Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.56
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 21
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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