Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering

The Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences (APSS) at the Florida Institute of Technology invites applications for a full-time non-tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Aerospace Engineering program with the start date of August 2026.Successful candidates must have a commitment to teaching excellence at undergraduate and graduate levels and contribute to the institution and profession through service. A Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering or a closely related field is required for consideration.

Non-tenure track faculty are expected to teach a minimum of three courses per semester and advise students.
** Candidates should have a strong background in an area of aerospace engineering, such as aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, and aircraft flight mechanics. Interest and background in teaching laboratory courses, such as experimental fluid mechanics, will be considered favorably.
** The current aerospace engineering faculty has research strengths in multiple areas including space vehicle dynamics & control, intelligent machines and autonomous aerospace systems, mechanics of advanced composites and cellular structures, composite structural health monitoring, high-fidelity numerical flow simulations, and modeling advanced energetic materials for solid propellants. Florida Tech has recently committed over $14 million to enhance engineering and science research infrastructure.

These include research lab renovations, composites manufacturing and testing (autoclave, walk-in oven, ultrasonic C-scan, multi-axial load frame), materials characterization (SEM, TEM, AFM, micro-CT scanner), and spacecraft manufacturing (ISO6 clean rooms, thermal vacuum testing chambers, Sun simulator, vibration shaker, satellite ADCS test stand with air bearing & Helmholtz Cage). Information about the Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, as well as the College of Engineering and Science, can be found at .

The Department has 34 faculty members representing diverse fields, including aerospace engineering, physics, astrophysics, astronomy, astrobiology, and planetary sciences. The APSS Department currently serves over 800 students, of which approximately 500 undergraduate and 70 graduate students are aerospace engineering majors, making the Aerospace Engineering program one of the largest on campus.  Florida Tech is a national, private, not-for-profit, technological, co-educational, doctoral-granting, research-intensive university.

The university is ranked Top 100 Best Value University (U.S. News & World Report), 17th in U.S. Graduate Employability (Global Employability University Ranking), and Top 6% Best Return on Investment (Payscale). The University consists of four colleges:
College of Aeronautics, College of Business, College of Engineering and Science and College of Psychology and Liberal Arts. Florida Tech offers more than 200 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs, as well as Ed.S. and certificate programs. Florida Tech has over 9,200 students including Melbourne campus, off-campus sites, and online programs and 424 faculty members. More than 70,000 students from more than 120 countries have earned degrees from Florida Tech.

Notable alumni include five space shuttle astronauts, the first female four-star general in U.S. military history, and a National Teacher of the Year. Located on 130 subtropical acres in the City of Melbourne on Florida's "Space Coast," Florida Tech’s campus is an Arbor Day Foundation-designated "Tree Campus USA." The Florida Tech campus is about 2 miles from Melbourne Airport, 6 miles from the nearest beach, 45 miles to the NASA Kennedy Space Center, and 75 miles to the Orlando area.

The Milken Institute ranks the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida, USA the No. 25 best-performing large city in the U.S. All applications must be submitted through  (Florida Tech Employment webpage). Candidates should submit a single PDF document containing:
1. Cover letter, 2. Curriculum Vitae, 3. Statement of teaching experience and philosophy, and 4. Contact information for at least three references. Applications received by
** January 15, 2026
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