Assistant Professor or Associate Professor

Assistant Professor Or Associate Professor Position

Title:

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor Position Numbers: 0088554 Hiring Unit:
Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) and Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)

Location:

Manoa Campus Date Posted:
June 1, 2026 Closing Date:
Continuous recruitment – application review begins August 1, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. Salary Information: F3 or F4 salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Monthly Type: 11 month Tenure Track:
Tenure Full Time/Part Time:
Full Time Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent Other Conditions:
Eleven-month funds provided.

• Develop and sustain an extramurally funded research program
• Teach graduate courses (equivalent of 6 credit hours per year, 3 of which must be in a traditional classroom setting).
• Mentor and support students and postdoctoral researchers
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals and in other fora as appropriate
• Serve the department, school, university, and scientific and professional communities
• Coordinate use, maintenance, and oversight of field installations, such as the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS)
• Assume a leadership role in the Hawai'i Marine Energy Center (HMEC)

• PhD degree from a college or university of recognized standing in a discipline closely related to Ocean/Marine Engineering
• Demonstrated ability as a teacher and/or student mentor
• Demonstrated capability for high quality research
• Excellent communication skills
• Practical and/or professional research experience in fields of relevance to the advancement of marine energy technologies
• Professionalism in meeting and conferring with others

Same as Assistant Professor minimum qualifications with the addition of the following qualifications:

• A minimum of four years of service as Assistant Professor or equivalent

• Demonstrated ability to attract extramural funding
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer
• Practical and/or professional experience that compliments one or more of the HNEI/ORE unit disciplines and existing expertise
• Experience working with or in a research institute at an institution of higher learning
• Expertise managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to foster a respectful and collegial work environment
• Knowledge in core Wave Energy Converter (WEC) topics such as theory behind wave energy conversion, wave resource assessment, numerical and experimental modeling of WECs, Power Take-Off design, as demonstrated through journal publications, workshops, or similar contributions.
• Experience in forms of marine energy other than wave energy, including but not limited to, ocean thermal energy conversion and tidal/current energy.
• Proven ability to expand the boundaries (state of the art) of WEC research
• Experience collaborating nationally or internationally with peers, including formulating competitive proposals and successfully navigating the proposal process.
• Experience managing key aspects of operations at full-scale or nursery WEC test sites
• Experience with attracting WEC developers and stakeholders to test sites through outreach, partnership development, or strategic initiatives.