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Virginia Tech

Location: BlacksburgVA 24061 Document ID: AC386-0LQS Posted on: 2018-11-0611/06/2018 Job Type: Full-time

Job Schedule:Full-time
2018-12-06
 

Assistant Professor-Automation & Robotics

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Position Summary:
The Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering ( ISE ) at Virginia Tech invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective August 2019. We seek outstanding candidates in all areas related to robotics and automation, including but not limited to robotics platforms and manipulations, rehabilitation and assistive robotics, robotics for advanced manufacturing, kinematics and mechanisms, autonomous systems, embedded systems, smart-sensor infrastructure, dynamical system control and optimization, and artificial intelligence.
Candidates will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of research groups and faculty within the Department, College, and University, including those working in the areas of advanced manufacturing, industrial analytics, operations research, decision sciences, health systems and technology, human-machine systems, and intelligent infrastructure, among others.
The ISE Department is comprised of 33 faculty with approximately 580 undergraduate students, 120 master's students, and 90 doctoral students. The undergraduate and graduate ISE programs are currently ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, by U.S. News & World Report. Additional information about the department can be found at www.ise.vt.edu.
Candidates are expected to lead innovative and high-quality research, build a strong sponsored-research program, develop and teach graduate and undergraduate courses in ISE , and advise and mentor graduate and
undergraduate students.

Required Qualifications:
The position requires a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, or other closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience with teaching or research in areas that align with Virginia Tech's university-wide, transdisciplinary focus on Intelligent Infrastructure for Human-Centered Communities ( IIHCC ) Destination Area.



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