Assistant or Associate Professor of Engineering Physics

The Department of Physics and the Engineering Studies Program at St. Olaf College invite applications for a full-time tenure track position in Engineering Physics at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin August 2027. This position offers the unique opportunity to contribute to the launch of a new Engineering Physics major designed to meet ABET accreditation standards.

Teaching responsibilities include five course equivalents per year primarily within the Engineering Studies Program such as:

• Introductory and advanced design courses
• Systems and Controls
• Statics
• Engineering Thermodynamics
• Fluid Dynamics

Service expectations for this role include academic advising of students and leadership within the Engineering Studies Program as appropriate for the applicants career stage.

Salary: $82200 - $92200

Qualifications
Required:

• PhD in an engineering discipline
• Engineering research that substantively involves undergraduates and is competitive for external funding (startup funds are available)

Preferred:

• The flexibility to contribute to the physics academic program through teaching
• Prior experience in teaching working in industry or conducting postdoctoral research

About the Department
The Physics Department provides a collegial supportive and intellectually vibrant environment for faculty and students. The department graduates around 25 students in a typical year and provides summer and academic year research opportunities to students in engineering applied physics soft matter physics biophysics geophysics theoretical physics and physics education. An Engineering Physics major designed to meet ABET accreditation standards is slated to launch in the 2027-28 academic year. The Physics Department is at the forefront of inclusive excellence work drawing from recommendations of the TEAM-UP report (AIP 2020). The department ranks nationally in the top ten as a producer of physics bachelors degree recipients. It is housed in a Platinum LEED certified science building with facilities to support cutting-edge teaching research and fabrication.

For more information about department efforts to promote inclusivity and sense of community please visit our TEAM-UP website For more information about the department visit strive to be a campus of welcome where students faculty and staff thrive by bringing their full humanitygender identity sexuality race ethnicity national origin socioeconomic class disability religion spirituality and ageto St. Olaf each day. Our goal is to generate conversations and processes that over time create greater clarity transparency trust cooperation consensus respect and measurable outcomes. Practices that support this goal include listening cultivating a growth mindset respecting those with different views being informed by data and understanding that the work is ongoing collaborative organic and ever evolving. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Community and Belongingwebsite to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.

How to Apply
Throughout your materials include how you would contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive learning community at our college through your teaching research and/or service. A complete application includes the following:

References: Provide contact information for three professional references who can speak to your abilities in teaching and scholarship. Letters will be solicited from references by the search committee for candidates who advance to the interview stage.

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