Tenure-Track Faculty Position with a focus on Unmanned Systems in the School of Graduate Studies, College of Aviation, Daytona Beach

Updated: about 2 months ago
Location: Daytona Beach, FLORIDA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Job Description

The School of Graduate Studies in the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) invites applications for a nine-month tenure-track, open rank position, with strong preference in background, expertise and research experience in Unmanned Systems and related areas.


The department offers a primarily online Ph.D. in Aviation with specializations in Aviation Safety, Aviation Human Factors, Aviation Operations, and Interdisciplinary. It also offers an MS in Aviation, MS in Occupational Safety Management, and MS in Unmanned Systems in a traditional on-campus format.

The candidate will be expected to teach courses in the Ph.D. and/or master’s degree programs and act as the chair and/or member of Ph.D. dissertation or thesis committees. Typical teaching load is 3 courses per semester.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, the candidate is required to meet continuing scholarly growth requirements that include publishing scholarly work, actively pursuing and obtaining externally funded research, and presenting work at professional conferences.

The candidate will be expected to fulfill service responsibilities to the university and the profession.

Faculty for this position will be located on the Daytona Beach campus. The candidate is required to provide instruction through traditional classroom format.



Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D. in a closely related field, FAA Part 107 certificate, FAA pilot certificates, FAA flight instructor certificates, industry safety experience, and/or industry unmanned systems experience.

Candidate materials should be submitted online by applying at http://careers.erau.edu .

Candidates must submit the following for consideration:

  • Current CV
  • A letter of application, with emphasis on ability to teach courses on unmanned systems
  • Copy of Ph.D. transcript
  • Teaching philosophy (one page)
  • Research plan (one page), including research interests, strategies, and research plan


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