Queen's Biomedical Innovation Team (QBiT) - Project Manager
The Queen’s Biomedical Innovation Team (QBiT) is an interdisciplinary design team that designs, prototypes, and tests innovative biomedical devices to address healthcare concerns both globally and within our local community.
For the 2026–27 school year, QBiT will be focusing on global health–related biomedical innovation. To learn more about our current and upcoming projects, please visit our website:
https://www.qbitqueensu.ca/
Position Description:
All Project Managers will report to the Chief Technical Officer. Project Managers will work to oversee and lead a QBiT design project from ideation to final design throughout the upcoming year. This is a general application for all QBiT projects. Project Managers will be selected based on overall fit and assigned to projects after the hiring process.
Responsibilities:
- Structuring the timeline of the project
- Delegating tasks and supervising members of project teams
- Keeping track of and managing ongoing tasks for the technical projects and sub-teams
- Preparing the project to be taken to competitions or conferences
- Taking initiative outside of regular meeting times to further research and design
- Utilizing available resources to overcome barriers
- Regularly attending executive meetings and providing updates
Ideal qualities:
- Commitment to the technical teams and QBiT as a whole
- Strong leadership qualities during meetings
- Excellent teamwork, especially when working with those having diverse backgrounds and skillsets
- Action-oriented and takes initiative
- Strong problem-solving skills
Interview info:
Interviews will take place during June 21st, June 26th, June 27th and June 28th .
QBiT encourages applications from undergraduate students of all backgrounds and experiences and will provide accommodation support to any applicants as required.
If you have any questions about the application or application process, please feel free to contact the incoming co-captains, Ruby Sinclair and Sabrina Packer, at qbit @ engsoc.queensu.ca.
Applications are due June 18th, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST.
Skills Required
- Commitment to the technical teams and QBiT as a whole
- Strong leadership qualities during meetings
- Excellent teamwork with diverse backgrounds and skillsets
- Action-oriented and takes initiative outside regular meetings
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to structure project timelines and keep projects on schedule
- Experience or willingness to delegate tasks and supervise project sub-teams
- Ability to prepare projects for competitions or conferences
- Regular attendance at executive meetings and providing updates
- Undergraduate student (encouraged to apply)
What We Do
Formed in 1897, the Engineering Society of Queen’s University is one of the oldest representative bodies for engineering students in Canada and continues to be a leader in student initiatives, overseeing fifty-eight student-run initiatives ranging from design projects to services to student events.
