Tenure Track Assistant Professor

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Position Information


Classification Title
Faculty


Job Title
Tenure Track Assistant Professor


Position Number
F00208


Position Class Type
Regular


Position Type
Faculty


FLSA
Exempt


Other Position Information


About Kettering: Kettering University is a national leader in experiential STEM and business education, integrating an intense academic curriculum with applied professional experience. We inspire students to realize their potential and advance their ideas by combining theory and practice better than any institution in the world. Kettering University is dedicated to achieving the extraordinary through technological innovation, leadership, and service, built on values that foster respect, integrity, creativity, collaboration, and excellence in growth, global leadership, community outreach, and an engaged community of stakeholders.

Benefits: include health, dental and vision coverage; retirement benefits with up to a 9% Kettering matching contribution; life and accident insurance; tuition assistance and waiver programs; vacation and holiday pay; sick and disability pay; home purchase assistance program; recreation center membership; and many other benefits.

To learn more please view the Kettering University Profile.

Position Status
Full-time


If Part Time, hours per week

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Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in areas including but not limited to applied research in fields like new energy, sustainability, and materials engineering;
• Experience in teaching labs and lecture courses at the undergraduate level;
• Evidence of effective teaching;
• Potential for development of an externally funded research program

Job Specific Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or closely related field;
• ABD with completion by time of appointment will be considered;
• Ability to teach undergraduate chemical engineering lecture courses, such as chemical engineering process design, separations and reactions engineering, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, and mass and energy balances;
• Ability to develop and teach undergraduate chemical engineering labs involving such topics as reaction engineering, separations, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, and data analysis;
• Ability to develop elective courses suitable for undergraduate engineering students in broad fields such as sustainability, process safety, alternative energy, and materials science;
• Ability to develop an externally funded applied research program;
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills in the English language;
• Ability and desire to build strong collaborations within the department and throughout the university, in the community, and through professional societies.

Evidence of, research for Assistant/Associate Professor and/or industrial applications of new energy, sustainability, and materials engineering for Professor of the Practice. Note the Assistant/Associate Professor are tenure track while the Teaching Professor and Professor of the Practice are non-tenured renewable positions with the possibility of multi-year contracts.

Understand and have a commitment to Kettering University Values
a. RESPECT: for teamwork, honesty, encouragement, diversity partnerships with students.
b. INTEGRITY: including accountability, transparency and ethics.
c. CREATIVITY: fostering flexibility and innovation.
d. COLLABORATION: across disciplines and with all partners.
e. EXCELLENCE: in all we do.

Posting Information


Posting Number
FP00099


Posting Date
02/19/2026


Closing Date

Open Until Filled
Yes


Special Instructions to Applicants

1. Cover Letter
2. Teaching Philosophy
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. List of References
5. Research Statement

The position is open until filled; however, priority consideration will be given to applications received by March 30.