Assistant Professor, Tenure Track – Advanced Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering at the University of Washington Seattle invites outstanding faculty candidates to apply for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position. This position is on a 9-month service period with an anticipated start date of September 16 2026.

This position is aimed at recruiting exceptional candidates in any of the subdisciplines of Mechanical Engineering with a particular focus on Advanced Manufacturing. The UW Mechanical Engineering Department has achieved international prominence in Robotics including its application to advanced manufacturing repair and non-destructive testing of composite materials biomechanics and biomedical devices physics-based machine learning and artificial intelligence modeling and controls energy storage and electrification renewable energy and thermal and fluid sciences. The successful candidates will be expected to develop a strong research program on the fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials and Manufacturing with applications to one or many of the areas of impact for which Mechanical Engineering is well-known. The successful candidate will also be expected to strengthen some of these key areas and to open new subfields with high promise at the national level and in collaboration with industry.

The successful applicants will be expected to develop an internationally recognized extramurally funded research program and to provide innovative high-quality teaching. The candidates will also be expected to contribute to a learning environment that welcomes and values all lived experiences and points of view collaborate with members of the department as well as other researchers within the University and affiliated institutions participate in the departments teaching in the Bachelors Masters and PhD programs and contribute to the mentoring and training of graduate students in the departments Masters and/or Ph.D. programs. Candidates are expected to propose and implement new initiatives in the undergraduate curriculum and graduate courses in their areas of expertise as well as activities to involve students from all backgrounds in research.

The ME Department at the University of Washington is in a significant and sustained growth period and seeks to build on existing strengths while expanding its impact. Candidates with a strong background in any area of Mechanical Engineering are encouraged to apply. We want to emphasize that the individuals excellence in research as clearly identified by a record of publication in archival journals and presentations at top international conferences is more important than the specific area of sub-specialization.

The University of Washington located in Seattle Washington the heart of the high-tech Pacific Northwest is one of the worlds leading universities ranking No. 8 in Best Global Universities in 2025 by U.S. News & World Report ( The College of Engineering and the ME Department foster a highly collegial and collaborative Mechanical Engineering departments research and teaching portfolio covers all aspects in the broad field of mechanical engineering. The department currently has 45 tenured tenure track research and teaching faculty over700 undergraduates 250 Masters students 160 PhD students and 30 postdoctoral researchers and continues to grow. More information about the ME department is available at .

The base salary range for this position will be $12000-$17000 per month commensurate with experience and qualifications or as mandated by a U.S Department of Labor prevailing wage successful applicant will be expected to provide innovative high-quality teaching; to develop a vigorous externally-funded research program; and to contribute to the goals and missions of the department college and university.

Applicants must have a PhD or foreign equivalent doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.