Assistant Professor

Position: Assistant Professor #0084765
Description

Title:

Assistant Professor

Position Number:0084765

Hiring Unit:
College of Engineering

Location:

UH Hilo Campus

Date Posted:06/13/2025

Closing Date:
Continuous - application review begins

July 28, 2025

Salary Information:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type: 11 Month

Tenure Track:
Tenure

Full Time/Part Time:
Full Time

Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

Funding:
General Funds

The University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Manoa) College of Engineering invites applications for a new tenure-track engineering faculty position as part of a Ground-Based Astronomy Instrumentation Engineering Support Center launched this year in collaboration with the Institute for Astronomy(IfA). The Center is part of a broader Space Science and Engineering initiative at UH Manoa that recognizes Hawai'i's unique geography, cultural positioning, and leadership in the growing fields of ground-based astronomy, space flight, and exploration, and seeks to broaden the university's capabilities in these fields.

Center faculty members provide operational and research expertise to directly support ground-based observatory needs. The general fund, full-time, tenure track position isbasedin Hilo at the IfA facilitieson the UHHilo(UHH) campus and is expected to begin January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. It is part of an initial faculty cohort forming the core of a multidisciplinary, multi-island engineering team.

Given the role within a highly collaborative team environment and the expectation of a minimum 50% research assignment, it is an 11-month position at the UH Manoa faculty rank of Assistant Professor(F3).

The position will contribute to engineering research, teaching, and service relevant to the Center. This initial cohort provides direct support of ground-based activities for observatory operations, including-but not limited to-detectors, high-speed electronics, cryogenic and thermal management systems, optics, adaptive optics and photonics, prototyping, materials and manufacturing, instrumentation and control systems, and systems engineering.

This position will have teaching responsibilities relevant to their area of expertise and the courses that comprise the pre-engineering degree pathway at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo.

Applicantsare soughtwithengineeringexpertise specifically asitpertainsto ground-based astronomy instrumentationdesign, development, construction, and testing, including but not limited to detector design, testing, and integration, high-speed electronics, thermal management, and embedded control systems hardware.

This significant, large-scale initiative places an emphasis on a collaborative approach to both research and education,focusing on hands-on learning, teamwork,complementary technical expertise, and system-level multidisciplinary thinking. It will serve to expand Hawai'i's local high-tech workforce by utilizing and leveraging existing observatory facilities on Maunakeaand Haleakala as platforms for new instrumentation and technology development, facility innovation, and proving grounds for operational upgrades and advancement. The cohort is a dedicated engineering team to develop technical proposals, write grant applications, and perform engineering design tasksbothat

UHManoafacilities as wellas the Center home on the UHH campus. Additionally, the faculty cohort will develop and deliver courses of importance in relevant disciplines to UH Manoa and/or UHH. Center faculty have access to well-equipped laboratories and machine shop facilities.

Progress and achievement of each faculty member will be measured not only by their individual accomplishments, but also by their contributions to the success of the overall team and of the Engineering Center, as well.

The University of Hawai'i is a Carnegie R1 doctoral university with a strong emphasis on research and graduate education. The electrical & computer engineering and the mechanical engineering departments both offer B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, and their undergraduate programs are accredited by ABET ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). For more information on the College of Engineering, including program-specific enrollment, please visit our website .hawaii.edu.

The University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus is dedicated to becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning, a place that is responsive to Native Hawaiians and reflective of Indigenous Hawai'i where all can learn, grow, connect, and heal (). UH Manoa is also designated as a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Work productively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team as well as serve as lead for projects/task items under their respective specialization or as assigned by the Program Lead,Dean of the College of Engineering and/or the Institute for Astronomy Director.

* Develop an externally-funded research program indirectsupport of the Engineering Center, in collaboration with other Center faculty. The candidate will…