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Assistant/Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering

The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for one tenured/tenure-track position in the rank of Assistant/Associate Professor in Materials Engineering beginning in August 2026. The candidate will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. The candidate must be able to adapt their teaching methods to a variety of learning environments, including online instruction.

The successful candidate will develop a robust research program engaging undergraduate and graduate (M.S.) students.

The Materials Engineering program strives to provide broad access to the highest quality education in materials at the bachelor's and master's degree levels. To achieve this ambitious goal, we have crafted a curriculum affording our diverse students access to expert instructors in via classroom courses, hands-on laboratory courses, and research laboratories.

The Chemical and Materials Engineering department, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll more than 40,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved; approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).

SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces for mutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students. Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines.

Position Rank and

Title:

Assistant/Associate Professor Materials Engineering

School/Department Name:
Chemical and Materials Engineering

Compensation:
Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $102,000 - $136,000

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU's excellent benefits package.

Target

Start Date:

January 25, 2027

Final date to receive applications:
Open until filled or closed; first review of applications begins Oct 9, 2026.

• Ph.D. in Materials Engineering or related engineering discipline
• A record of or strong potential for scholarly agenda and teaching effectiveness appropriate to the candidate's academic rank and area of expertise
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience

• B.S. or M.S. in Materials Engineering or related engineering discipline
• Postdoctoral experience in academia or industry
• Research interests and experience in fields including, but not limited to, the mechanical behavior of materials, physical metallurgy, 3D printing of structural metals/ceramics, artificial intelligence/machine learning applications, and semiconductor materials.
• Experience mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate research students.
• Experience adapting teaching methods to a variety of learning environments, including online instruction

• The candidate will teach courses, including laboratory courses, graduate courses and service courses as needed by the department.
• The candidate will develop a…