Electrical Engineering Technology Instructor

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Liberty University’s School of Engineering invites applications for an Electrical Engineering Instructor. The successful candidate will teach in Electrical Systems, Analog and Digital Electronics, Industrial Automation and Control, Embedded Systems, and PLC Fundamentals, with a master’s degree in EE or related field.

The role includes curriculum development and potential research activity, in a 10-month contract. Onsite position with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Expertise in Electrical Systems, Analog/Digital Electronics, Industrial Automation and Control, Embedded Systems, PLC Fundamentals
• At least 18 graduate credits in the teaching field

Responsibilities

• Teach courses in electrical engineering to the B.S. in Engineering Technology program and align delivery with the University’s mission
• Engage in curriculum development for residential and distance education and participate in scholarship or creative activity as required

Skills

Electrical Systems

Analog Electronics

Digital Electronics

Industrial Automation

Embedded Systems

PLC Fundamentals

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

At least 18 graduate credits in the teaching field

Job description

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of TrainingChampions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty membermodel a personal commitment to the goals and values of LibertyUniversity, engage in an active commitment to, and experienceof, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informedChristian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching,engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to asignificant educational end. They should strive to employ avariety of techniques for the development of good learningconditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofaras it is possible, provide for individual differences,abilities, and interests.

The School of Engineering is seeking an instructor in electricalengineering to teach courses in the Bachelor of Science inEngineering Technology Program. An ideal candidate must have earneda master’s degree from an accredited institution in electricalengineering or a related field with expertise in the followingareas: Electrical Systems, Analog and Digital Electronics,Industrial Automation and Control, Embedded Systems, and PLCFundamentals.

The Instructor’s primary role is to teach in their areas ofexpertise, maintain the integrity of course and instructionalprograms, and ensure that their delivery is in alignment with theUniversity's mission and vision for the student experience. Assuch, faculty are responsible for creating an academic atmosphereof mutual respect and consideration for individual dignity. Facultymembers may be asked to aid in the development of curriculum in theresidential and distance education environments, as well as engagein research/scholarship or creative activity that varies dependingupon the expectations of their respective college or school and anyadditional activities involving service to students and theirprofessional discipline.

Faculty attain the rank of Instructor based upon scholarly andprofessional achievements. An earned master’s degree at anaccredited institution in an area relevant to the faculty member’s areaofteaching; at least 18 hours of graduate credit in the specificteaching field is required. This is the initial rank for facultyin, but not having completed, doctoral programs, and those withmaster’s degrees considered terminal and without teachingexperience.

Instructors are contracted for 10 months (30 load hours,respectively). Release from contracted teaching load is determinedeach semester by the Dean, per Liberty University FacultyHandbook.

Time Type

Full time

Location

Onsite

Pay Range

Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salaryrange. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidatemay vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which mayinclude the successful candidate's rank, contract length, skills,work experience, internal equity, market conditions,education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined bythe University.

The position may also be eligible for comprehensivebenefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, andtuition assistance.

$61,100.00 - $81,000.00

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility ofensuring that all management practices regarding employees areconducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting forall job classifications will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate allemployees and prospective employees strictly according to therequirements of the job. All personnel related activities such ascompensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments,working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs,and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable state ofemployment protected classes. The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject toreligious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exceptionto the “religion” component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions),and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.