Research Technician (SRI) - Physical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-15427

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Date Posted: 11/4/2025

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Reference No.: 2025-15427

Position Type: Regular full-time

Department: Physical Sciences Platform

FTE Status: 1.00

Hours of Work: 8 hrs

Campus Site: Bayview

Shifts Weekday Required: Days

Shifts Weekend Required: No Weekends

Statutory Holiday(s) Required: No

The Focused Ultrasound Laboratory at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario is looking for a motivated and serious individual to fill the role of Research Technician. Focused ultrasound is changing the way that surgery is performed by allowing treatment of tumours and other diseases without ever making an incision.

Our group is one of the leading laboratories in the world in the development of highly innovative, leading-edge technology for completely non-invasive image-guided surgery and targeted drug delivery using focused ultrasound. We are involved in a broad spectrum of projects ranging from technology development, modelling of ultrasound-tissue interactions, and evaluation of novel devices and delivery strategies in tissues and animal models. The technology being developed in our group will be used to treat benign or malignant tumours and a variety of neurological disorders non-invasively. Many of these projects are conducted with close collaboration with medical device industry. The Physical Sciences Platform at Sunnybrook has spun off many companies, and is a hotbed for innovation.

This research lab has a truly multi-disciplinary team of individuals with backgrounds in physics, engineering, biology, and medicine. The clinical relevance of this work is high, and the pace of research is fast. This is an excellent environment for a motivated individual interested in the field of medical technology and biomedical engineering to gain valuable skills and experience.

General responsibilities will include fabrication and quality assurance of ultrasound transducers.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Fabrication of ultrasound transducers and assembly of transducer arrays
  • Performing quality assurance measurements

The successful applicant will be trained in the laboratory such that no prior transducer manufacturing experience is needed.

Required Background:

  • High school diploma
  • Good hand coordination for precision manufacturing
  • Ability follow manufacturing protocols exactly
  • Ability to perform detailed, repetitive tasks with high precision
  • Previous manufacturing or assembly experience is a benefit but not a requirement
  • Previous circuit board assembly or soldering experience is a benefit but not a requirement
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