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Aerospace Department Chairs Association - AY20-21

Aerospace Engineering Academic Positions

This site posts only full-time "permanent" academic positions geared toward aerospace engineering PhD graduates and postdocs. Examples of such positions include tenure track and non-tenure track faculty positions. Postdoctoral fellowships are not in the scope of this site.

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1

University of Notre Dame

Assistant, Associate and/or Full Professor

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty

9/2/2020

11/6/2020

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Princeton University

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tenure Track


9/8/2020

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University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty

9/10/2020


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Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Assistant/Associate Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics

We are seeking exceptional applicants who will develop a program of high-impact research, contribute to an innovative undergraduate curriculum, and develop graduate courses at the frontier of areas such as: novel lightweight structures concepts, structural materials and integrated systems, aerospace system design, autonomous aerospace, vehicle technologies, and breakthroughs in aerospace propulsion concepts.

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty

9/14/2020


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Auburn University

All ranks

Applications will be accepted in all areas related to aerospace engineering. Encouraged: aerodynamics and propulsion; computational fluid dynamics; flight dynamics; and space systems and payloads.

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty

9/29/2020


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University of California, Davis

Assistant Professor

Spaceflight Engineering

Tenure Track

10/1/2020


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University of California, Davis

Assistant Professor

Advanced Aircraft Mobility

Tenure Track

10/1/2020


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8

Penn State Aerospace Engineering

All ranks

All areas of Aerospace Engineering

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty

9/30/2020


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9

Penn State

All ranks

All fields relevant to current challenges in Aerospace Engineering

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty



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10

CSU Long Beach

Department Coordinator

Aerospace Structures and Materials

Tenure Track

10/15/2020


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor

any discipline related to aerospace engineering, broadly defined, though particular interests are in: (i) the interaction of humans and autonomy; (ii) environmental modeling, monitoring, and mitigation, including considerations in the design of aircraft and propulsion systems; and (iii) bioastronautics and human exploration of space.

Tenure Track

10/20/2020

12/15/2020


12

San Diego State University

Assistant Professor

A preference will be given to applicants in the broad area of Aerodynamics. Emerging areas such as hypersonics, flow control, multi-phase, multi-physics, bio-inspired fluid mechanics and general multi-disciplinary research are of specific interest.

Tenure Track

11/3/2020


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University of Oklahoma

Assistant Professor

Propulsion Systems

Tenure Track

11/4/2020

12/30/2020

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14

University of Oklahoma

Assistant Professor

Space Systems and Hypersonic Vehicles

Tenure Track

11/4/2020

12/31/2020

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15

University of Oklahoma

Assistant Professor

Unmanned Systems and Controls

Tenure Track

11/4/2020

12/31/2020

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16

University of Oklahoma

Assistant Professor

Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Tenure Track

11/4/2020

12/31/2020

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17

Mississippi State University

All ranks

Aerospace Engineering - all areas - multiple positions

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty

9/14/2020



18

University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty position in the area of experimental fluid dynamics or experimental solid mechanics.

Tenure-Track Faculty


12/1/2020

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19

The University of Alabama

Assistant Professor positions

CFD/Astro/other areas of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Tenure Track



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University of Kansas

Assistant Professor

Aerospace Engineering, Propulsion

Tenure Track

11/17/2020


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Purdue University

All ranks

Aerospace Systems

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty



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22

Purdue University

All ranks

Astrodynamics and space applications

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty



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23

UC Davis


Spaceflight Engineering

Tenure-Track Faculty




24

UC Davis


Advanced Aircraft Mobility

Tenure-Track Faculty




25

San José State University

Assistant Professor

Aerospace Dynamics and Control

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty


1/15/2021


26

University of Washington


William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Tenure-Track Faculty

9/28/2020



27

University of Kansas

Assistant Professor

Aerospace Engineering, in the area of Propulsion Systems

Tenure-Track Faculty



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Clarkson University

Assistant/Associate Professor

The Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University - Applications are sought from an individual whose particular research includes space systems design, including a focus in, but not limited to space/air missions, space robotics, satellite design, guidance/navigation/control systems, astronautical power and propulsion, and other related areas of aerospace engineering.

Tenure Track



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29

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor

Faculty Positions in Astronautics and Space Applications

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty



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30

Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor

The Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech seeks applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the level of assistant professor effective August 2021. We are seeking candidates in all areas relevant to Aerospace and Ocean Engineering with particular interest in the areas of structures and materials, multidisciplinary design and optimization, hypersonics, constellations of small satellites, position/navigation/timing, and data science and analytics. We are seeking candidates motivated to contribute to a collegial, interdisciplinary community with a strong tradition of both fundamental and applied research.

Tenure Track

12/17/2020

2/1/2021

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31

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Assistant Professor, Early Associate Professor

Multiple tenure-track faculty positions in the area of Aerospace Engineering. Special consideration will be given to candidates with expertise in emerging areas of space, vertical lift, computational science and engineering, thermal and fluids engineering, data science, and machine learning.

Tenure Track

6/14/2021