Adjunct Engineering Instructor Hands-On Lab & Tech Training

Black Hawk College; Moline (IL); On-site; USD 955,000 - 1,194,000; Part time

Job summary

Black Hawk College seeks an Adjunct Faculty/Part-time Instructor for the Engineering Department. The candidate will prepare syllabi, develop lectures and activities, and assess student performance, while maintaining equipment and instructional materials.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 2000 documented hours; a Master’s degree is preferred. Prior teaching experience is desirable with strong English proficiency for classroom instruction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology or related field with 2000 hours of related experience.
• Master’s degree preferred; prior teaching in an accredited institution is desirable.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience in an industrial setting and strong English for classroom instruction.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate component-level understanding of fundamental circuit concepts and control system principles.
• Read and interpret electronic schematic diagrams, process loop diagrams, and P&IDs.
• Perform closed-loop system assembly, system 'Ring-out' and overall operational assessment.
• Perform problem diagnosis/fault isolation, system repair, component calibration and optimal control loop tuning.
• Instruct in a laboratory environment analog and digital circuit operations at a component level.
• Determine, correct and explain the proper operation and calibration of common closed-loop systems.
• Perform simple application programming and I/O interfacing of microcontrollers (uC’s e.g., 8051, PIC, Arduino, Raspberry Pi).
• Employ IIoT concepts and J1939 CANbus operations in the appropriate courses.

Skills

Schematic diagrams

Control systems

IIoT concepts

Microcontroller I/O

Circuit theory

Laboratory instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Master's degree preferred

2000 documented hours of related experience

Tools

8051 microcontroller

PIC microcontroller

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

Job description

Black Hawk College seeks an Adjunct Faculty/Part-time Instructor for the Engineering Department. The candidate will prepare syllabi, develop lectures and activities, and assess student performance, while maintaining equipment and instructional materials.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 2000 documented hours; a Master’s degree is preferred. Prior teaching experience is desirable with strong English proficiency for classroom instruction.