Careers

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With more than 18,000 faculty and staff, UBC is one of British Columbia’s largest workforces. We are also consistently recognized as one of BC’s best employers.

Our Values

Join the School of Engineering and experience our welcoming, inclusive community.

Our values

Current Postings

We value our faculty and staff members and are always looking for talented people to join our thriving team. Excellent benefits, diverse career opportunities, and a true community spirit are just some of the reasons you should consider joining our team of talented, dynamic faculty and staff. For a full list of current openings, visit UBC’s Staff & Faculty Careers page.

Faculty Postings

Assistant Professor and/or Associate Professor, Computer Engineering

Winter Term 2 – Sessional Lecturers

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Staff Postings

Research Project Manager

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CURRENT TEACHING ASSISTANT postings

Applications for 2025/2026 Winter Term TA positions have now closed.  The next TA round of hiring will be posted in February 2026 for Summer 2026. For more information, please email judy.strykiwsky@ubc.ca.

Graduate & Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Appointments

The list of offered courses and the number of positions available are contingent on the School of Engineering budget and the number of registered students. Teaching assistant appointments fall under the BCGEU collective agreement.  Therefore, Masters students are given preference for a position for two years. Doctoral students are given preference for a position for four years.

Salary:

The wage rates are as follows:Salary Scale

Typical Teaching Assistant duties may include the following:

Marking TAs: marking course assignments and/or quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, and attending meetings with the course instructor as required. Collecting and filing student sample work for accreditation.

Tutorial TAs: tutorial course delivery, marking assignments and/or quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, and attending meetings with the course instructor as required.

Laboratory TAs: attending lab training, preparing for lab sections, providing instruction on theory and lab procedures, marking lab reports / assignments / quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, reviewing and improving lab procedures, monitoring student compliance with lab safety rules, and correcting experiment setups during labs as required.