Top Research Jobs in Sydney

Conduct quantitative analysis and energy market modeling to support client decision-making during the energy transition. Responsibilities include structuring economic problems, interpreting model outputs, developing products, identifying client needs, and presenting recommendations. The role requires strong quantitative, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills, with a quantitative degree and 1–3 years of relevant experience.

Conduct computational biology analyses with scientists and medical researchers, covering experimental design, workflow development, data processing, quality control, statistical modeling, visualization, biological interpretation, and manuscript preparation. Analyze single-cell, spatial, RNA-seq, whole-genome, and clinical biomarker data. Develop reproducible workflows, evaluate computational methods, use AI tools, present findings, and support training, workshops, code reviews, and junior staff.

Conducts risk-based monitoring and site management for clinical trials, including site visits, source document review, CRF review, SAE follow-up, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, vendor coordination, and investigator support. Leads limited-scope projects, coordinates local clinical activities, prepares reports, supports protocol development, trains junior staff, and assists with investigator recruitment, budgets, and regulatory submissions. Local and interstate travel is required.

Conducts clinical trial site monitoring to protect participants, verify source data, and ensure compliance with ICH GCP, regulatory requirements, and SOPs. Builds relationships with investigators and site personnel, supports regulatory and ethics submissions, drives participant recruitment, and performs site selection, initiation, monitoring, close-out, pharmacy, and co-monitoring visits both onsite and remotely.

Manages clinical trial sites and relationships with investigators, coordinators, pharmacists, sponsors, and internal teams. Ensures participant rights, data accuracy, ICH GCP compliance, regulatory adherence, and timely study delivery. Responsibilities include site documentation, ethics and regulatory support, participant recruitment planning, and monitoring visits across all trial phases, including site selection, initiation, monitoring, closeout, pharmacy, and co-monitoring visits.

Leads the University of Sydney’s researcher-facing services across funding, post-award administration, clinical trials, ethics, governance, assurance, systems and service improvement. The role drives integrated service transformation, operational excellence, compliance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, workforce and budget management, and trusted executive advice to support the University’s research strategy.

Oversee Phase I clinical trial monitoring across multiple sites, ensuring protocol adherence, regulatory compliance, data integrity, and GCP standards. Conduct site visits, resolve operational issues, support accurate reporting, train site staff and CRAs, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships. The role requires independent work, clinical research expertise, and approximately 60% travel.

Lead research and development of advanced moulding technologies, especially Liquid Silicone Rubber processes. Develop experiments, prototypes, tooling, materials, and scalable process solutions from early feasibility through production-relevant demonstrations. Evaluate process behaviour, quality, cycle time, reliability, cost, and sustainability; collaborate with product, tooling, automation, materials, NPI, and quality teams; mentor engineers; and transfer mature technologies into NPI adoption.

Leads YouGov Sport’s consumer research business across Australia and APAC, overseeing research design, project delivery, client relationships, team management, data analysis, reporting, quality, and business growth. The role manages a team of researchers, develops bespoke and syndicated research solutions, presents insights to sports clients, supports proposals and new business, and contributes to marketing, PR, and expansion of sports research capabilities.

Provides specialist administrative support and advice across the higher degree by research candidate lifecycle. Coordinates candidature milestones, monitors progression, advises students and stakeholders, maintains accurate research information, resolves complex matters, and supports process improvement, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

Administers, secures, monitors, patches, troubleshoots, and supports operational technology systems used in manufacturing and cleanroom environments. Responsibilities include Windows and infrastructure administration, cybersecurity remediation, asset lifecycle management, incident response, system deployment, documentation, governance, and continuous reliability improvements. The role collaborates with Manufacturing, Engineering, Information Security, vendors, and global OT teams, including onsite and after-hours support for production-critical incidents.

Conduct empirical economic research on AI’s effects across labor markets, productivity, inequality, industries, and macroeconomic outcomes. Build regional extensions of the Anthropic Economic Index, develop measurement methodologies, collaborate with governments, academia, industry, and civil society, and translate findings into policy recommendations. The role requires frontier econometrics, causal inference, machine learning, and structural estimation, along with research publications, stakeholder presentations, and cross-functional work improving data and measurement infrastructure.

Provides first- and second-level onsite IT support to more than 700 research and administrative users. Responsibilities include help desk assistance, walk-up support, macOS and Windows workstation support, laptop rebuilds, Microsoft Office 365 support, peripheral and telephony troubleshooting, ticket documentation, and equipment maintenance. The role requires strong customer service, communication, troubleshooting, time management, and the ability to work independently in a busy research environment.

Oversee clinical trial monitoring across multiple sites, ensuring adherence to protocols, regulatory requirements, and GCP standards. Conduct site visits, resolve performance issues, support data integrity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Train site staff and other CRAs, maintain stakeholder relationships, and drive quality and compliance. The role requires independent clinical trial management, strong organizational and communication skills, and approximately 60% travel.

Develop quantitative analyses and energy market insights to support client decision-making. Collaborate with modeling teams to structure economic problems, interpret model results, identify product opportunities, understand client requirements, and communicate recommendations. The role involves client engagement, strategic advisory, data analysis, and contributing to product development in the energy transition sector.

Plans and manages production schedules, capacity requirements, labor loading, materials availability, and inventory levels throughout the manufacturing cycle. Coordinates with engineering, sales, marketing, production, and management to resolve shortages, design changes, backlogs, and schedule interruptions. Maintains master schedules, supports materials planning, and promotes timely production. The role also requires ERP and SAP proficiency, lean manufacturing knowledge, strong analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to mentor junior planners.

Partners with manufacturing, operations, and engineering leaders to align HR strategies with business priorities. Leads workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement, employee relations, compensation cycles, compliance, and change initiatives. Provides data-driven people insights, coaches leaders, supports site growth, and ensures HR practices comply with Malaysian labor law and global standards.

Leads site learning and development strategy, diagnosing capability needs and managing learning portfolios from design through delivery and evaluation. Designs and facilitates classroom, virtual, and blended experiences; oversees onboarding and integration; partners with leaders, HR, vendors, and SMEs; administers learning operations, LMS activities, records, budgets, and governance; and uses learning data and feedback to improve employee capability, leadership effectiveness, culture, and time-to-productivity.

Leads full-cycle recruitment for technical, manufacturing, and support roles in Malaysia. Responsibilities include sourcing, candidate screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, onboarding coordination, campus recruiting, talent-market analysis, KPI reporting, compliance, immigration support, vendor management, employer branding, and recruitment process improvements. The role partners with hiring managers, HR business partners, centers of excellence, and business stakeholders while supporting a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Plans and coordinates production schedules through the complete manufacturing cycle. Establishes labor loading and capacity requirements, coordinates material availability, interfaces with sales, marketing, production, and engineering, and resolves schedule disruptions caused by design changes, shortages, backlogs, or capacity constraints. Oversees master schedules and ensures manufacturing materials requirements are met.

Serve as an independent community representative on Victoria University's Human Research Ethics Committee. Review research proposals, participant information, consent forms, risks, and benefits; contribute impartial ethical perspectives; protect participant rights and wellbeing; participate in committee deliberations; maintain confidentiality; and support compliance with Australia's National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. Members attend eleven annual meetings and may complete training and proposal pre-reading.

Coordinates clinical site monitoring for assigned medical device studies, ensuring human subject protection, GCP, SOPs, and regulatory compliance. Conducts site qualification, initiation, interim, and close-out visits; serves as the primary site contact; communicates site performance and concerns; supports study start-up, document review, site activation, and study-related training.

Develop, validate, debug, and optimize machine learning models, training pipelines, inference systems, and numerical implementations using Python. Build reproducible workflows, diagnose computational issues, create systematic tests, and improve memory usage, throughput, and performance. Review code and solutions, use coding agents in development, document technical findings, and deliver reliable work independently within project deadlines.

Architect and build a multi-cloud ML training platform for decentralized large-model training and inference across consumer devices and cloud instances. Responsibilities include infrastructure orchestration, distributed compute, GPU workloads, checkpointing, data streaming, network-condition simulation, node-churn management, observability, reliability, and resilient job execution. The role requires strong Python, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, distributed systems, decentralized networking, and SRE experience.

Supports equity research coverage of Australian diversified financial companies through financial modeling, valuation, earnings forecasting, industry analysis, and thematic research. Analyzes financial statements, regulatory filings, market developments, and macroeconomic trends; prepares research reports and company updates; engages with management teams, institutional investors, and clients; and contributes to marketing and global research initiatives.