Posting Details
Position Information
Classification Title Faculty
Job Title Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor
Position Number F00027
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
Posting Text
Preferred Qualifications
- Related prior teaching experience at undergraduate level
- Industrial experience or close ties with industry.
Job Specific Required Qualifications Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field is required. Candidates must demonstrate excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills. Academic rank will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.
The candidate is expected to teach a wide range of courses in industrial engineering as assigned by department head. Developing new courses in the area of industrial and systems engineering is expected. Early-career applicants should show evidence of initiating independent research, while mid-career applicants should demonstrate a sustained record of independent research within academic organizations, and contributions to education and/or mentoring.
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.
Other requirement include:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Eligibility to work in the United States.
- Desire to collaborate with other faculty members in IME department and other departments.
- Ability to conduct and publish scholarly and applied research in reputable journals, and develop and sustain a strong externally funded research program.
- Willingness to participate in department, university and professional activities including curriculum development, assessment, and improvement.
- Understanding and 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 FP00106
Posting Date 11/05/2026
Closing Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
Job Duties
Job Duties
Percent of total time 50
Duties A successful candidate will teach a range of courses in industrial engineering, such as operations research, supply chain design, production system design, simulation, systems engineering, lean work design, data analytics, Ergonomic and human factor, and artificial intelligence applications; contribute to curriculum development and design new courses; and mentor students. This includes preparation, delivery, evaluation of student performance, and course level assessment, ABET support, and continuous improvement. Faculty are expected to hold regular office hours and make themselves available to students outside of the classroom.
Percent of total time 30
Duties The candidates are expected to develop and sustain a strong, high impact, externally funded research program. The research findings are expected to be published in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Research expertise may include systems modeling and decision analysis, optimization, machine learning, data analytics, simulation, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and related analytical and computational methods to address contemporary industrial engineering and systems challenges.
Research may be theoretical or applied research. As an university with strong historical ties to industry, Kettering University highly values applied research and integration of results into the classroom. Scholarship in the pedagogy of engineering education is valued and contributes to the professional development of the position. However, it is expected that the candidate will concentrate efforts in Industrial Engineering areas other than pedagogy.
Percent of total time 20
Duties The faculty member is expected to contribute to the institution and support the growth and success of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. These contributions may include serving on departmental, university, and professional society committees, supporting departmental initiatives, and participating in other supportive service activities. It is particularly important to support and be involved in student recruitment and outreach, curriculum development, ABET accreditation activities, and the assessment of courses taught at the end of each academic term.