Instructor, Design for Scale

Details

Posted: 05-Apr-24

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Type: Part-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Academic/Faculty
Other - Academic/Faculty

Internal Number: 23899

Job Description

INSTRUCTOR, DESIGN FOR SCALE, D-Lab (part-time, 50%), to coteach EC.729/2.729/EC.797/2.789 Design for Scale , an upper-level, twelve-unit class focused on the late stages of product design and manufacturing for users in low-income settings. Over the course of the semester, interdisciplinary teams of students work to bring products in various stages of development to a point of manufacturing readiness. Lessons are hands-on and case-based, with extensive class time dedicated to workshop activities. This is an advanced design and manufacturing course where students use CAD and various rapid prototyping and mass-manufacturing technologies resulting in substantially iterated product designs, and if appropriate, a small production batch. Students from all majors are encouraged to enroll and graduate students are also accepted, which means instructors are expected to convey material in a manner accessible to students of diverse backgrounds and skill levels. Will be responsible for identifying three-to-five class projects with established businesses and start-ups in low- and middle-income countries such as India, Tanzania, or Nicaragua. (Assistance in project identification is available from D-Lab.) Partial funding is available for some student travel and out-of-country fieldwork over the January Independent Activities Period, which may be arranged at the discretion of instructors and partners.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: bachelor's degree; at least three years' relevant manufacturing and/or product design experience; experience applying design for manufacturability; hands-on expertise with mechanical fabrication; expertise with value chain and/or engineering analysis, studio-based design pedagogy, and working with students in a project-based environment; and excellent organizational, time-management, and oral and written communication skills. PREFERRED: master's degree or equivalent professional degree in engineering; and experience in engineering, design, and/or manufacturing in low-income international settings. Job #23899
The compensation is $10,500 per semester as a co-instructor.
This is a part-time, one-semester position subject to renewal.
Must be able to spend flexible hours working with students in a workshop setting outside of class time.
Employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.
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