Research Associate
McGill University — Macdonald Eng. Bldg.
Posted 2026-10-15
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar). The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is seeking a Research Associate for the Reprogrammable metamaterials research project under the supervision of Professor Damiano Pasini. This role will contribute to the analysis, design, fabrication, and testing of mechanical metamaterials. This is a unionized position, and the incumbent will be a member of the AMURE (Research Associates and Assistants) bargaining unit. Responsibilities: Analyze and design optimize metamaterial unit cells and lattice architectures with tunable or switchable mechanical properties, including multistable, origami/kirigami-inspired and stimuli-responsive designs. Develop analytical and computational models (e.g., finite element analysis, discrete/reduced-order models) to predict nonlinear mechanical behavior, ins