The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) in Cambridge, MA seeks candidates for tenure-track faculty positions starting July 1, 2025, or on a mutually agreed date thereafter. We seek candidates who will provide excellence and leadership in research, make substantial contributions to undergraduate and graduate education, and contribute to the growth of the MechE community. The search is for candidates to be hired at the assistant professor level; however, under special circumstances an untenured associate professor or senior faculty appointment is possible, commensurate with experience.
Applications in all areas of Mechanical Engineering will be considered, with a focus on mechanics and manufacturing. Corresponding topics within the focus areas include, but are not limited to:
- Mechanics: theoretical and computational mechanics of solid materials; coupled nonlinear phenomena in materials including damage and failure; materials design and discovery.
- Manufacturing: process design and development; production equipment, systems, robotics, and automation; AI- and data-driven manufacturing; sustainable and low-carbon manufacturing; semiconductor manufacturing; biomanufacturing.
Faculty duties include conducting original scholarly research, developing course materials and teaching courses in Mechanical Engineering and related subjects at the undergraduate and graduate levels, student advising, and service to the department and Institute.
