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ASC680 Position Summary: Hiring of a part time worker to help with organization for a lecture and ... Research Council Connection Grant, and taking place during the 2026-2027 academic year. Other ...

ASC680 Position Summary: Hiring of a part time worker to help with organization for a lecture and ... Research Council Connection Grant, and taking place during the 2026-2027 academic year. Other ...

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... research, and administrative projects * Provide day-to-day operational and personal administrative ... Knowledge of French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec so incumbents can ...

Client-focused and service-oriented with a proven ability to assist a variety of clients (academics ... Research Financial Services Supervisor Position End Date (If applicable): 2027-08-20 Deadline to ...

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Research Assistant Position information

What is the difference between Research Assistant Position vs Research Associate?

AspectResearch Assistant PositionResearch Associate
Required CredentialsBachelor's degree often required; some roles may need a master'sMaster's or Ph.D. often preferred; more specialized experience
Work EnvironmentAcademic labs, research institutions, healthcare settingsResearch labs, universities, industry R&D departments
Employer & Industry UsageUniversities, government agencies, non-profitsUniversities, private companies, biotech firms
Common Search & ComparisonOften compared for entry-level research rolesViewed as a more advanced research position

The Research Assistant Position typically involves supporting research activities under supervision, requiring a bachelor's degree. In contrast, a Research Associate usually has more experience or advanced degrees, taking on more independent responsibilities. Both roles are common in academic and research settings, but the Research Associate position generally demands a higher level of expertise and specialization.

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Infographic showing various Research Assistant Position job openings in Quebec as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 100% Full Time. Highlights an 90% In-person, and 10% Hybrid job distribution.

Principal Experience User Researcher, AI Platform

Autodesk

Montreal, QC • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Posted 8 days ago


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9.1

Company rating: 9.1 out of 10

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26th of 242 rated software companies


Job description

Job Requisition ID #

26WD100267

L'affichage de poste en francais suivra / The French job posting follows.

26WD97936, Principal Experience User Researcher, AI Platform

Position Overview

Contribute to the next generation of AI-powered experiences at Autodesk.
As a Principal Researcher, you'll help shape how Autodesk Assistant and our broader AI platform investments create meaningful value for customers across Autodesk products and workflows. Working closely with leaders across product, design, engineering, and data science, you'll uncover the customer needs, behaviours, and opportunities that should influence Autodesk's AI strategy. The insights you generate will inform product direction, investment decisions, and the development of AI-powered experiences that are useful, trustworthy, and impactful for customers.

You'll partner with cross-functional teams to answer critical questions about customer needs, AI adoption, and product value, helping teams make confident decisions throughout the product development lifecycle. As a senior leader within Autodesk's research community, you'll also mentor other researchers, elevate research practices, and contribute thought leadership within Autodesk.

We are open to remote candidates based in Canada.

Responsibilities

  • Become a domain expert on customer experience and trends impacting the adoption and implementation of AI

  • Deliver a research strategy that balances customer needs and key business objectives

  • Track key areas of uncertainty and prioritize research to minimize product development risk

  • Use customer insights to influence product strategy, roadmap decisions, and the evolution of Autodesk Assistant and agentic experiences

  • Evaluate the value, usability, trust, and effectiveness of Assistant capabilities and AI-powered experiences across Autodesk products

  • Plan and execute a mixed-methods research programme spanning discovery, concept evaluation, and measurement of AI-powered experiences

  • Establish cross-team connections that help coordinate research efforts & evaluation approaches, identify trends, and action research findings

  • Collaborate with experience design, product, engineering, marketing and other key stakeholders to ensure research findings impact product direction

  • Advance the discipline of user research within Autodesk

Minimum Qualifications

  • Proven record in impacting user experience & business decisions through user research findings

  • Ability to produce exceptional user research deliverables expressed in a portfolio of your work

  • Expert knowledge and innovation in user research and field study methodologies, including designing and conducting usability studies, statistical analysis of survey data, heuristic evaluations, participatory design activities and focus groups

  • Experience contributing user research within an agile, platform development environment

  • Ability to influence stakeholders across divisions including senior directors, VPs and C-suite

  • English language fluency; exceptional verbal and written communication skills

  • Excellent visual and oral storytelling skills

  • MS/MFA+ inHuman Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Engineering, Psychology, Product Design or related field

  • Minimum 8 years of professional experience in the field of user research


The Ideal Candidate

  • Has experience defining and scaling a research roadmap in a fast-moving product area

  • Brings genuine curiosity about AI and a strong understanding of how generative AI is changing customer expectations, workflows, and product experiences

  • Has experience researching AI-powered products, assistants, copilots, search, recommendation systems, or other intelligent experiences

  • Can navigate ambiguity at a platform and ecosystem level, where research questions often influence multiple products and teams

  • Understands how to evaluate customer value, trust, adoption, and behavioral change in emerging AI experiences

  • Is comfortable mapping complex customer journeys and identifying where AI can most effectively reduce friction or create value

  • Contributes to research culture, championing research quality and evolving approaches & practices to help elevate the practice

  • Embraces learning and curiosity about Autodesk tools and markets

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26WD97936, Chercheur principal en experience utilisateur, Plateforme d'IA

Apercu du Poste

Contribuez a la prochaine generation d'experiences basees sur l'IA chez Autodesk.

En tant que chercheur principal, vous contribuerez a definir comment Autodesk Assistant et nos investissements plus larges dans la plateforme d'IA creent une valeur significative pour les clients a travers les produits et les flux de travail d'Autodesk. En etroite collaboration avec les responsables des equipes produit, conception, ingenierie et science des donnees, vous identifierez les besoins, les comportements et les opportunites des clients qui doivent orienter la strategie d'Autodesk en matiere d'IA. Les enseignements que vous tirerez guideront l'orientation des produits, les decisions d'investissement et le developpement d'experiences basees sur l'IA qui soient utiles, fiables et percutantes pour les clients.

Vous collaborerez avec des equipes pluridisciplinaires pour repondre a des questions cruciales concernant les besoins des clients, l'adoption de l'IA et la valeur des produits, aidant ainsi les equipes a prendre des decisions en toute confiance tout au long du cycle de vie du developpement produit. En tant que cadre superieur au sein de la communaute de recherche d'Autodesk, vous encadrerez egalement d'autres chercheurs, ameliorerez les pratiques de recherche et contribuerez au leadership eclaire au sein d'Autodesk.

Nous sommes ouverts aux candidatures a distance de personnes residant au Canada.

Responsabilites

  • Devenir un expert dans le domaine de l'experience client et des tendances influencant l'adoption et la mise en uvre de l'IA

  • Mettre en uvre une strategie de recherche qui concilie les besoins des clients et les principaux objectifs commerciaux

  • Identifier les principaux domaines d'incertitude et hierarchiser les recherches afin de minimiser les risques lies au developpement de produits

  • Utiliser les informations sur les clients pour influencer la strategie produit, les decisions relatives a la feuille de route et l'evolution d'Autodesk Assistant et des experiences basees sur des agents

  • Evaluer la valeur, la facilite d'utilisation, la confiance et l'efficacite des fonctionnalites d'Assistant et des experiences basees sur l'IA dans l'ensemble des produits Autodesk

  • Planifier et mener a bien un programme de recherche utilisant des methodes mixtes, couvrant la decouverte, l'evaluation des concepts et la mesure des experiences basees sur l'IA

  • Etablir des liens entre les equipes afin de coordonner les efforts de recherche et les approches d'evaluation, d'identifier les tendances et de mettre en uvre les resultats de la recherche

  • Collaborer avec les equipes de conception d'experience utilisateur, de produit, d'ingenierie, de marketing et d'autres parties prenantes cles pour garantir que les resultats de la recherche influencent l'orientation des produits

  • Faire progresser la discipline de la recherche utilisateur au sein d'Autodesk

Qualifications Minimales

  • Experience averee dans l'influence de l'experience utilisateur et des decisions commerciales grace aux resultats de la recherche utilisateur

  • Capacite a produire des livrables exceptionnels en matiere de recherche utilisateur, illustres par un portfolio de vos travaux

  • Connaissances approfondies et esprit d'innovation dans les methodologies de recherche utilisateur et d'etude sur le terrain, notamment la conception et la conduite d'etudes d'ergonomie, l'analyse statistique des donnees d'enquete, les evaluations heuristiques, les activites de conception participative et les groupes de discussion

  • Experience dans la contribution a la recherche utilisateur au sein d'un environnement de developpement de plateformes agile

  • Capacite a influencer les parties prenantes de toutes les divisions, y compris les directeurs seniors, les vice-presidents et les cadres dirigeants

  • Maitrise parfaite de l'anglais ; excellentes competences en communication orale et ecrite

  • Excellentes competences en narration visuelle et orale

  • Master (MS) ou Master en arts (MFA) ou equivalent dans les domaines suivants : facteurs humains, interaction homme-machine, sciences cognitives, ingenierie, psychologie, conception de produits ou dans un domaine connexe

  • Au moins 8 ans d'experience professionnelle dans le domaine de la recherche utilisateur

Le Candidat Ideal

  • Possede une experience dans la definition et le deploiement a grande echelle d'une feuille de route de recherche dans un domaine de produits en constante evolution

  • Fait preuve d'une curiosite sincere pour l'IA et d'une solide comprehension de la maniere dont l'IA generative transforme les attentes des clients, les flux de travail et les experiences produit

  • Possede une experience dans la recherche sur les produits bases sur l'IA, les assistants, les copilotes, les moteurs de recherche, les systemes de recommandation ou d'autres experiences intelligentes

  • Est capable de gerer l'ambiguite au niveau de la plateforme et de l'ecosysteme, ou les questions de recherche influencent souvent plusieurs produits et equipes

  • Sait evaluer la valeur pour le client, la confiance, l'adoption et le changement de comportement dans les experiences emergentes liees a l'IA

  • Est a l'aise pour cartographier des parcours clients complexes et identifier les points ou l'IA peut le plus efficacement reduire les frictions ou creer de la valeur

  • Contribue a la culture de la recherche, en defendant la qualite de la recherche et en faisant evoluer les approches et les pratiques afin de faire progresser la discipline

  • Fait preuve d'un esprit d'apprentissage et de curiosite vis-a-vis des outils et des marches d'Autodesk

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it's at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you're an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $112,000 and $163,900. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers to design and make a better world for all. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.

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Year founded

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