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Research Officer
Information and Communications Technologies
Ottawa – Ontario

RO

This is a 2 year term position from the date of reporting.
Assignments and secondments may be considered according to NRC’s policies.

Background
Working with clients and partners, the National Research Council Canada provides strategic research, innovation support, scientific and technical services to develop and deploy solutions to meet Canada’s current and future industrial and societal needs. Guided by our core values of impact, accountability, leadership, integrity and collaboration, NRC is a dynamic and vibrant organization that, in its ongoing evolution, is seeking a Research Officer (RO), Multilingual text processing.

Your challenge
The primary responsibility of the RO in this position is to support the goals of NRC and the activities of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Portfolio related to research of international calibre in statistical machine translation, and the development and application of advanced technologies for carrying out machine translation. The RO works in a team environment with researchers and technical experts in world-class facilities. The RO will be called on to contribute to the team’s preparations for participation in international evaluations of machine translation technologies.

Screening criteria
Applicants must demonstrate within the content of their application that they meet the following screening criteria in order to be given further consideration as candidates:

Education
Ph.D in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.

Experience
Significant experience with building statistical natural language systems, preferably systems that carry out machine translation.

Significant experience and a proven track record of training complex statistical natural language systems in a “big data” environment, on a computer cluster.

Significant experience in a team working on the development of large-scale systems.

Experience in participating in international natural language processing competitions – as for example the NIST MT competitions, the ACL SMT workshops or the IWSLT competitions – would be an asset.

Experience with natural language processing of written Arabic or Chinese would be an asset.

Condition of employment
Reliability Status
Language requirements
English or French

Assessment criteria
Candidates will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

Technical competencies:
Knowledge of statistical approaches to natural language processing.

Ability to produce high-quality papers in statistical natural language processing.

Knowledge of Linux/Unix and C++ and scripting languages such as Perl, Python, Shell.

Knowledge of techniques for running advanced algorithms in a “big data”, cluster environment.

Ability to apply natural language processing techniques to foreign languages (other than English and French).

Behavioural competencies:
Creative Thinking – Level 3
Communication – Level 2
Teamwork – Level 2
Results Orientation – Level 2
Initiative – Level 2

For this position, NRC will evaluate candidates using the following competency profile(s): | Research

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Relocation
Relocation assistance will be determined in accordance with NRC’s directives.

Salary range
This position is classified as a Research Officer (RO), a group that is unique to the NRC. The RO group uses a person-based classification system instead of the more common duties-based classification system. Candidates are remunerated based on their expertise, skill, outcomes and impacts of their previous work experience. The salary scale for this group is vast, from $38,921 to $125,067 per annum, which permits for employees of all levels from new graduates to world renowned experts to be fairly compensated for their contributions. In addition, an incumbent occupying a position within the RO Groups is currently entitled to receive a terminable allowance of $8,000 per year plus the Bilingualism Bonus of $800 a year to the candidate who meets the language requirements.

Closing date
Posted until filled

To Apply: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/careers/jobpost.nsf/EnglishAll/047B2C9ABB24BD7385257CE50048D12B