Assistant Professor - Systems Engineering
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Faculty Position in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering
The Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Virginia Tech invites applications for two tenuretrack Assistant Professor faculty positions effective August 2025. We seek outstanding candidates with a focus on Systems Engineering with areas of interest including but not limited tosystems engineering theory machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) as these relate to or involve: systems engineering engineering design digital engineering modelbased systems engineering (MBSE) mission engineering systems of systems engineering verification & validation sociotechnical systems and systems architecting and modeling. Application domain areas of particular interest include defense and aerospace systemscyberphysical systemscybersecurity transportation and infrastructure systems energy and environment systems and public policy. We are seeking candidates motivated to contribute to a collegial interdisciplinary community with a strong tradition of both fundamental and applied research highquality teaching and mentoring.
The ISE Department has 34 tenured/tenuretrack faculty with an additional nine nontenuretrack instructional and research faculty. Six faculty are early investigator recipients and numerous others have received international or national recognition. Academic programs and research in the department encompass Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics Management and Systems Engineering Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Operations Research. Candidates will thus have the opportunity to work with a broad range of departmental faculty as well as with faculty in many other colleges centers and institutes at Virginia Tech. The department is home to approximately 550 undergraduate students 100 masters students and 105 doctoral students. The undergraduate and graduate ISE programs are currently ranked fourth and fifth respectively by U.S. News & World Report. Additional information is available at: www.ise.vt.
Virginia Tech is a public landgrant university committed to teaching and learning research and outreach to the Commonwealth of Virginia the nation and the world. Building on its motto of Ut Prosim (that I may serve) Virginia Tech is dedicated to InclusiveVTserving in the spirit of community diversity and excellence. Virginia Tech actively seeks a broad spectrum of candidates to join our community in preparing leaders for the world. The College of Engineering undergraduate program ranks 16th and graduate program ranks 30th among all U.S. engineering schools (USN&WR). The mission of the College of Engineering is to educate and inspire our students to be critical thinkers innovators and leaders. Our core values are inclusiveness excellence integrity perseverance and stewardship. Virginia Techs main campus is located in Blacksburg VA in an area consistently ranked among the countrys best places to live. In addition our program in the Washington D.C. area offers unique proximity to government and industry partners and is also expanding rapidly with Virginia Techs exciting new Innovation Campus in Alexandria VA slated to open in early 2025.
Candidates are expected to lead innovative scholarship and research develop and sustain an externallyfunded research program teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students and serve the university and the profession. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering or a closely related field a strong record of academic accomplishments a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively a commitment to interdisciplinary research and instruction and a willingness to expand disciplinary boundaries to address complex technical and societal challenges.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities anduniversity shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
The department fully embraces Virginia Techs Commitment to increase faculty staff and student diversity; to ensure a welcoming affirming safe and accessible campus climate; to advance our research teaching and service mission through inclusive excellence; and to promote sustainable transformation through institutionalized structures. Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees students or applicants on the basis of age color disability sex (including pregnancy) gender gender identity gender expression genetic information national origin political affiliation race religion sexual orientation or veteran status or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about discuss or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants or on any other basis protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation please contact Heather Huddleston at or at.
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Full Time
