Senior Research Engineer – Advanced Concepts

Position: Senior Research Engineer – Advanced Concepts (10-12 month contract)
Reports to
Senior Director, Research & Engineering, Advanced Concepts

Overview
As a Senior Research Engineer – Advanced Concepts (AC), you work with a highly technical interdisciplinary group of forward‑thinkers to generate knowledge, apply a research‑and‑engineering point of view, and deliver solutions for the mountain athlete everywhere. With support from your team, you drive and contribute to technical projects across all product categories. You apply your curiosity and experience in solving complex problems to the intersection of outdoor apparel and equipment and cutting‑edge innovation.

Location:

North Vancouver, BC. This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to local hybrid work only. Candidates must be a commutable distance from our office and eligible to work in Canada.

Role Summary
The Advanced Concepts team drives breakthrough innovation in snow, trail and climb for the mountain athlete everywhere. Fueled by curiosity, we take a holistic approach to identifying future needs and tangible solutions across advanced materials, products, technologies, and experiences. We are a team of builders, problem‑solvers and outdoor enthusiasts. Our in‑house, end‑to‑end capabilities in research, engineering, design, development, digital experience and product validation allow us to innovate head‑to‑toe solutions that bring the coast‑mountain experience to the world.

Core Activities

Defining science‑based project objectives, developing robust performance evaluation methodologies and creating technical solutions in support of the Advanced Concepts priority projects.

Leading the performance evaluation processes for Advanced Concepts projects through validating research hypotheses and scientific POVs, testing both on athletes and in the laboratory.

Discovering product insights through completing applied research on our mountain athletes and translating findings into innovative solutions in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Creating new test methods and processes that translate testing in the mountains to testing in our laboratory and on materials.

Building infrastructure so that testing protocols, data assessment and reporting is consistent, easily shared and centrally regulated.

Advising on the most modern testing and analysis equipment for our Research and Engineering (R&D) function.

Partnering with both academic and industry partners to bring in specialized expertise and equipment.

Designing and fabricating novel test fixtures and equipment to support in‑product performance validation.

Collaborating across the Advanced Concepts and Product Creation teams.

Partnering with AC leadership to maintain a robust Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, proprietary solutions and exclusivity on materials projects in alignment with the Legal team.

Partnering with the Innovation Operations team on R&D‑specific resourcing opportunities, including funding, academic and internship programs (SR&ED, IRAP, NRC, MITACS, and so forth).

Driving key initiatives to support the future of Arc’teryx with a focus on product circularity.

Travelling across the local field as required, with potential to travel in collaboration with vendors and external partners.

Future Projects

Building data and testing capabilities to connect science‑based numbers to the product and field evaluations.

Qualifications

You have a master’s degree in engineering or research, specializing in mechanical, biomedical, sports, biomechanics or kinesiology, or the equivalent experience, with 3+ years of technical apparel and/or equipment experience in product innovation, applied research, engineering and/or performance validation environment.

You have exceptional communication skills, including a proven ability to solicit and communicate findings to both scientists and non‑scientists, with strong presentation skills.

You have experience with experimental design, data collection and analysis, as well as dissemination of findings and you are comfortable presenting to all levels of leadership.

You have experience working with athletes to create and execute performance validation strategies for technical products.

You have a deep understanding of technical…