AssistantAssociateFull Teaching Professor - Mechanical Industrial EngineeringRobotics Seattle
AssistantAssociateFull Teaching Professor - Mechanical Industrial EngineeringRobotics Seattle
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About the Opportunity
The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE) at Northeastern University is seeking outstanding individuals to fill a fulltime nontenuretrack faculty position at the rank of Assistant/Associate/Full Teaching Professor with a focus in Robotics. This is a fulltime benefitseligible nontenuretrack position at the Northeastern University Seattle campus. Appointments are made on an annual 8month basis with salary commensurate with experience. Northeastern University teaching professors are nontenuretrack with potential for promotion from Assistant Teaching Professor to Associate Teaching Professor and to Full Teaching Professor. Fulltime teaching professors are not eligible for tenure. Nontenuretrack faculty have renewable appointment terms guided by the Faculty Handbook. The MS Robotics program with an MIE concentration is anticipated to launch in Fall 2025. Candidates would join a department of over 80 tenuretrack and nontenuretrack teaching faculty as well as several affiliated and visiting faculty.
The position entails educational interaction with students in roles including but not limited to traditional instruction (lecture courses lab courses) curriculum development and student advising. The main responsibility of this position is teaching courses related to the MS Robotics Program with an MIE concentration. The ideal candidate would be able to teach core MIE courses such as Robot Mechanics and Control and Control Systems Engineering as well as offer elective robotics courses. The annual teaching course load is six courses with the potential for teaching more than one section of a course in the same semester over Fall and Spring semesters. Courses may be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
A PhD in Mechanical Engineering or other roboticsadjacent discipline and teaching experience are required by employment start date.
Candidates should have demonstrated experience in robotics and related subareas. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. Industrial experience is desirable but not required.
Please include with your application documents a Cover Letter; Curriculum Vitae; Teaching Statement and Philosophy; and contact details for three references. Instructions for the statements are included below.
Teaching Statement & Philosophy: Statement of Teaching Interests & Philosophy: Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship expertise your pedagogical philosophy your plans/goals for teaching (including existing and proposed courses) and your strategies for teaching and mentoring a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students. Include a section discussing educational scholarship that you would conduct as part of your efforts in instruction and/or working with students.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Questions about the position should be directed to Professor Sze Zheng Yong Search Committee Chair at @northeastern. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
Position Type
AcademicAdditional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Pay Range:
Assistant Teaching Professor: $77000 $90000 Associate Teaching Professor: $88000 $108000 Teaching Professor: $104000 $133000With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarlysituated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
