Multiple Open Rank Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Tech; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech in Atlanta invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, with emphasis on Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, and Healthcare. Applicants will be considered at all ranks, but early career candidates are especially encouraged.

Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring, and to developing a nationally and internationally recognized research program that advances technology and benefits society.

Qualifications

• Tenure-track faculty positions in fundamental and applied mechanical engineering.
• Emphasis on Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, and Healthcare.
• Applicants considered at all ranks; early career encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Balance of teaching, mentoring, and research duties.
• Commitment to student success and developing inclusive learning environments.

Job description

Job Details

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Contract: Full-Time (Regular)

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• 1. Students are our top priority.
• 2. We strive for excellence.
• 3. We thrive on diversity.
• 4. We celebrate collaboration.
• 5. We champion innovation.
• 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• 7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• 8. We act ethically.
• 9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Faculty Positions in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (https://www.me.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in fundamental and applied areas of mechanical engineering with an emphasis on Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, and/or Healthcare. Applicants will be considered at all ranks, but early career applicants are especially encouraged to apply. Those applying for positions at the Associate and Full Professor rank should have established records in research that demonstrate nationally and internationally recognized expertise. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values. These values include academic excellence, freedom of expression and inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Responsibilities

Along with undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring, each position requires a balance of research and service responsibilities. Candidates should be deeply committed to educating and supporting students and to building a nationally and internationally recognized research program.

Student Success Criteria

• The ability to teach and mentor a multifaceted student body
• The ability to promote a welcoming educational/work environment
• The ability to mentor and assist students interested in pursuing graduate education
• The ability to design and teach curricula that are responsive to all students
• The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students
• The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success
• The ability to engage in high-impact practices that support deep learning for student success
• The ability to apply expertise in teaching, scholarship, and/or service to advance student success