Tenure Track Assistant​/Associate Professor, Graduate Studies, Daytona Campus

Job Description The Opportunity The School of Graduate Studies in the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a strong preference for candidates with a background and expertise in human factors and space studies. The School of Graduate Studies offers an MS in Aviation with specialisations in Aviation Safety, Uncrewed Systems, and Space Operations.

It also offers an MS in Occupational Safety Management, an MS in Uncrewed Systems, and an MS in Space Operations in a traditional on-campus format, as well as an online Ph.D. in Aviation with specialisations in Aviation Safety, Aviation Human Factors, Aviation Operations, and Intradisciplinary. The candidate will be expected to teach courses at both the doctoral and master's levels and chair Ph.D. dissertation and/or master’s thesis committees.

The typical teaching load is 2 to 3 courses per semester. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the candidate is required to meet ongoing scholarly growth requirements, which include publishing scholarly work, actively pursuing and obtaining externally funded research, and presenting work at professional conferences. The candidate will also be expected to fulfil service responsibilities to the university and the profession.

This faculty position will be located on the Daytona Beach campus. The candidate is required to provide instruction in both traditional classroom formats and online formats as appropriate.

For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defence and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow. Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job.

Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

• Tuition Coverage:
  Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.
• Retirement Contributions: ERAU contributes 6% of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution – with no vesting period.

• Doctorate and relevant experience in human factors and space studies.
• Ph.D. in a closely related field and teaching and research experience in human factors and space studies.

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