Product Management and Market Research Internship Program - ON-1122

Project type: Innovation
Desired discipline(s): Engineering - computer / electrical, Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences, Business, Social Sciences & Humanities
Company: J-Squared Technologies Inc.
Project Length: 4 to 6 months
Preferred start date: 01/01/2026
Language requirement: English
Location(s): Ottawa, ON, Canada
No. of positions: 4
Desired education level: Undergraduate/BachelorMaster's
Open to applicants registered at an institution outside of Canada: No

About the company: 

J-Squared has over 30 years of experience excelling in operationally demanding performance environments. Our ruggedized products and solutions are innovative, needs driven, and focused on quality and reliability. Our Octagon Systems line of products is a global leader in rugged computer systems built for use in extreme environments such as mining, defence & military, transportation, and marine. We architect and manufacture systems that work no matter what. J-Squared’s significant growth has resulted in the company expanding its team to meet this increased demand.

Describe the project.: 

J-Squared specializes in providing rugged computing solutions for the most physically demanding environments. These include markets such as Smart Mining and Military Autonomous Vehicles. As a members of our Product Management team, interns will be responsible for researching the needs, relevant technologies, and potential products for next generation solutions serving these markets. This includes fundamental research to understand the needs of these markets, how those needs are being addressed today, emerging technologies in AI, Edge Compute, and thermal solutions that would better address these needs, and ultimately proposing a product roadmap to drive the next generation of business at J-Squared. Interns will work with a cross-functional team, including AI software and data scientists, engineering, and product managers to help define J-Squared’s growth opportunities and future product direction. Our goal is to establish a program consisting of two teams, each working on a specific opportunity/market, and for this program to be in place year over year, exploring different markets and opportunities within each cycle.

Required expertise/skills: 

For MBA Intern :
• Senior student in a graduate program in business, including MBA, Master of Economics, or Master of Management Sciences.
• Ideally, also have a technical undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or Mathematics, with some industry experience Embedded Systems, Computer Vision, or Edge AI.
• Product Management experience or education, or a strong interest in a career in Product Management would be ideal.

For Engineering Intern:
• Senior student in a current Engineering or Math-and-Business program.
• Ideally, have some cross-functional experience or familiarity with both relevant technologies like Edge AI and computer vision, plus some experience in the identified target markets.
• Product Management experience, or a strong interest in a career in Product Management would be ideal.