Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Responsibilities

• Execute teaching and learning duties, including course instruction, laboratory management, and curriculum development.
• Lead student projects and engage in professional development to enhance student learning and teaching best practices.
• Establish and maintain a research program aligned with the teacher-scholar model, involving students in research projects.
• Publish research and scholarship in peer-reviewed journals and present findings at professional conferences.
• Contribute to service and citizenship through activities within the department, university, profession, and community.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering (or a closely related field).
• ABD candidates with completion by the time of appointment will be considered.
• Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in dynamic systems and mechatronics.
• Ability to develop an externally funded applied-research program.
• Proficiency in using modern engineering tools for both teaching and research.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in the English language.
• Ability and desire to contribute to departmental, university, and community service.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Demonstrated excellence in research and scholarly activity.
• Specific experience teaching mechatronics, dynamic systems, vibrations, and controls.
• Ability to complement existing institutional strengths such as advanced mobility, autonomous systems, new energy, or crash safety.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits with up to a 9% Kettering matching contribution.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Tuition assistance and waiver programs.
• Vacation, holiday, sick, and disability pay.
• Home purchase assistance program.
• Recreation center membership.

About the Company

Kettering University is a national leader in experiential STEM and business education, integrating an intense academic curriculum with applied professional experience. We inspire students to realize their potential and advance their ideas by combining theory and practice.