Title:
Assistant Professor in Computer Technology /Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Department:
School of Applied Engr & Tech

Reports To:
Chair

Position Type:
Faculty

Position Summary:
The School of Applied Engineering and Technology (SAET) of the Newark College of Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Computer Technology (CPT)/Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET). In addition, SAET intends to request a joint appointment for the successful candidate with one of NJIT's engineering departments. By the time of appointment, the successful candidate must have earned a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree, with a record of pertinent high-quality research in a related engineering field.

Essential Functions:
- The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate Computer Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) courses in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology (SAET). From time to time s/he may be assigned a graduate course in SAET or in one of NJIT's engineering departments.
- Candidates should have excellent communication/interpersonal skills, demonstrate potential to establish strong industrial collaborations, and the ability to participate in the development of aligned software/hardware/infrastructure at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
- The candidate is expected to engage in research, advise graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.), produce technical publications, and obtain grant funding.
- Areas of research and academic interest of particular relevance include:
- Applied Informatics/Analytics: With the proliferation of large, open-source datasets, modern computational software, and novel methods for unstructured data mining, the field of Informatics is being reimagined. Application of informatics can include medical, bio, health, energy, and materials informatics. Candidates whose research includes machine learning will be strongly considered.
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Research areas to include advanced applications of AI and machine learning, novel AI algorithms and architectures, and software engineering principles for AI systems (including topics in scalability, robustness, fairness, and verification). Areas of applications can include medicine, health sciences, materials, cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems, human-machine systems, IoT and edge computing, autonomous systems, energy and the built environment, climate science, advanced manufacturing, critical infrastructure and supply chain management, the arts, and life sciences and systems biology.

Additional Functions:
- Must abide by the university's core values which include excellence, integrity, civility, social responsibility, diversity and communication.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
- By the time of appointment, successful candidates must have earned a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree, with a record of pertinent high- quality research in a related engineering field.
- At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:
Applicable industrial experience and prior teaching experience are highly desirable.

Bargaining Unit:
PSA

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications must include a curriculum vitae, teaching statements, cover letter, and list of three (3) professional references. Questions may be directed to the department interim chairperson, Dr. Samuel Lieber at samuel.lieber@njit.edu.