Research Technician – Robotics and Automation

Research Technician – Robotics and Automation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Science and Technology Branch Closing date:
July 31, 2026 - 23:59, Pacific Time

Selection process number 26-AGR-BCAB-EA-STB-68897

Location Lethbridge (Alberta)

Salary $71,741 to $90,184 - Salary under review

Level EG-04

Who can apply Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Duties

Responsibilities will include:

• Assemble, install, program, control, and maintain robotic and automated systems used in agricultural environments.
• Integrate sensors with robotic systems and troubleshoot the resulting hardware and software interfaces.
• Configure, integrate, deploy, and test vision-guided robotic systems.
• Contribute to the preparation of scientific reports, presentations, and publications.
• Order supplies and equipment and maintain laboratory and field equipment.
• Participate in multidisciplinary research projects and assist in prototype fabrication and system validation.
• Support field trials in barns, research farms, greenhouses and processing facilities.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one full-time indeterminate position in Lethbridge, Alberta. A written exam may be administered; an interview may be conducted for successful candidates and references will be validated. In the event that an employee of the public service is qualified through this process, they may be considered for acting, deployment, indeterminate, assignment or secondment opportunities.

Positions to be filled 1

Important messages

As one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is proud to celebrate our achievement in creating a diverse, respectful, and positive workplace where all employees are valued and recognized for their unique qualities, ideas, voices and perspectives. We are dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of all Canadians regardless of race, ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic background or lived experience.

By embracing diversity and inclusion, our department ensures broader discussions, better decisions, and a more positive workplace. We also have various employee diversity networks dedicated to ensuring that our department continues to grow as an inclusive employer.

• Ability and willingness to work overtime as required.
• Ability and willingness to travel on occasion.
• Ability and willingness to work with hazardous substances (biological or chemical).
• Ability and willingness to do repetitive tasks.
• Ability and willingness to perform physically demanding work activities including moderate to heavy manual labour requiring bending and lifting heavy objects (up to 22 kg).
• Ability and willingness to work in office, laboratory, barn, field and feedlot environments.
• Known allergies must be controlled through the use of personal protective equipment and/or medication and must not impinge upon the duties to be performed.

Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following

• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post‑secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in electrical, electronics, mechatronics, automation, instrumentation, computer engineering technology, robotics, or another field relevant to the duties of the position, or an acceptable combination of training, education, and experience.
• At a later stage in the selection process, you will be required to provide documentation verifying your educational credentials.
• If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your educational documents assessed against Canadian education standards. Click on the link below to contact the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC).

• Experience assembling, programming, operating, and troubleshooting electronic, robotic, or automated equipment.
• Experience using Python for artificial intelligence and/or computer vision applications.
• Experience using C/C++ or any other programming language suitable for automation or control…