Description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor. Candidates should strengthen the department’s research activities in the field of robotics and mechatronics. Example sub-fields of interest include, but are not limited to, candidates working on the mechanics and physics foundations of robotics, and on the broad applications of robotics, including in medicine and rehabilitation, manufacturing and industrial automation, space, or as experimental models in physics, biology, and ecology. We expect the successful candidate to establish a dynamic research group, be an interactive member of the faculty, participate in interdisciplinary research and training, and excel in teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at the graduate and undergraduate level in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2027.
Qualifications
Candidates must have a Ph.D., or equivalent degree, in a relevant discipline at the time of hire, and an outstanding record of research that demonstrates originality in addressing significant questions in the field.
Application Instructions
Applicants should create a profile through Interfolio and upload a cover letter, statement of research plans, teaching plans (including a list of courses that they are qualified to teach), curriculum vitae, and up to three reprints of published work(s). Applicants should also arrange for three references to upload their letters of recommendation.
Applications must be received by December 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. For questions regarding this position, please email Samantha Leigh Torres at Samantha.L.Torres@yale.edu.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.