Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor

Position Description

The College of Engineering at San José State University (SJSU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track/tenured faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank in the Interdisciplinary Engineering Program.

The College seeks a collaborative and forward-looking faculty member who will contribute to advancing interdisciplinary education, research, and program development aligned with regional workforce needs and emerging areas of innovation. Candidates with a strong record of scholarly achievement, effective teaching, and demonstrated capacity for program development are encouraged to apply.

The Interdisciplinary Engineering (IDE) Program is the only program within the California State University (CSU) system offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Engineering. The program delivers high-quality foundational engineering courses required across all engineering majors while providing a flexible, customizable pathway that enables students to align their degree with long-term professional goals.

Interdisciplinary Engineering represents an integrative approach to engineering education. Students develop rigorous competencies in mathematics, science, and engineering fundamentals while gaining expertise in multidisciplinary problem solving.

A defining characteristic of the IDE Program is its role as an incubator within the College of Engineering. The department has historically served as a launching platform for innovative academic initiatives that have matured into independent departments within the College. This entrepreneurial and adaptive culture continues to shape the program’s trajectory and strategic vision.

The Interdisciplinary Engineering (IDE) Program and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll more than 40,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved; approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces for mutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students. Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines.

Consistent with the mission of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Program, the successful candidate will demonstrate both disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary breadth.

Required Qualifications

• A PhD degree in any field of engineering, higher engineering education, or related discipline.
• Research that spans multiple domains (e.g., robotics + human factors; renewable energy, cyber-physical systems (CPS); AI + manufacturing, Smart infrastructure).
• Experience working on multidisciplinary teams (industry or academic).
• Comfort teaching broad, integrated courses (e.g., systems thinking, design, modeling, sustainability, engineering entrepreneurship, engineering education, data-driven engineering, cyberphysical systems (CPS); AI + manufacturing).
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

• experience in emerging fields such as cyber-physical systems, AI/ML in engineering and/or engineering education, smart infrastructure, energy systems, biotechnology, human–machine systems, and sustainable engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach engineering and/or general education courses.
• Advise students including master’s projects and theses and develop a research program related to their field of interest.
• Provide leadership in developing undergraduate and graduate programs in Interdisciplinary Engineering.
• Collaborate with other academic programs and strengthen ties between the IDE program and surrounding industries.
• Participate in shared governance and service assignments.
• Demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a diverse student population through inclusive teaching strategies and advisement.
• A focused and impactful research agenda with peer-reviewed publications in reputable venues.
• Demonstrated potential to submitting proposal to secure external funding.
• The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
• Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience in understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement.