Industrial Engineering​/Mechanical Engineering Faculty

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY Florida Polytechnic University invites applications for a tenure-equivalent faculty position in at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, beginning August 2027. This position is shared between the Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering programs and teaches courses in both. We are looking for someone who connects design and manufacturing, who can take students from a CAD model to a manufactured, inspected part, and who brings that perspective to both disciplines.

Teach across Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, in courses such as Manufacturing Processes, Design and Analysis of Machine Components, Process Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Work Design and Facility Layout.

Teach in the department’s design and laboratory sequence and mentor senior capstone teams.

Build a research program that involves undergraduate and M.S. students and connects with industry partners.

Contribute to department and University service.

• Manufacturing processes, machining, and CNC
• Advanced and additive manufacturing
• Design for manufacturing and assembly
• Production systems, quality, and automation

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related field, completed before the start date.

Associate Professor: six years at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent.

Professor: six years at the rank of Associate Professor or equivalent.

• Evidence of effective undergraduate teaching
• Ability and interest in teaching both Industrial and Mechanical Engineering courses
• Hands‑on fabrication, prototyping, or industry manufacturing experience
• Experience mentoring design or capstone teams
• Record or clear potential of externally or industry‑funded research

Start date:

August 2027

Full consideration: applications received by January 11, 2027. Review continues until the positions are filled.

The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Industrial Engineering offers B.S. degrees in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and its entering class has grown nearly 80 percent in two years. Students take a hands‑on design sequence beginning in their first year that culminates in industry‑sponsored senior capstone projects, and Mechanical Engineering’s most recent ABET evaluation cited the design sequence as a strength.

Faculty have access to a fabrication shop, 3D printing lab, materials testing laboratory, and senior design space.

Florida Polytechnic University — Florida's only public university dedicated exclusively to STEM — has been ranked the #1 public college in the South for six consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. Founded in 2014 as the twelfth member of the State University System, Florida Poly is growing fast. Enrollment is at a record high, new degree programs and laboratories are coming online, and the University is hiring faculty across many departments  faculty arrive as a cohort and help shape what comes next.

Teaching here is applied and project‑based, in small classes where faculty know their students. Faculty are rewarded for more than publishing: industry collaboration, applied research, and commercialization through start‑ups and technology transfer all count. Industry partners across Central Florida sponsor student projects, hire graduates, and work alongside faculty. The campus, anchored by the Santiago Calatrava–designed Innovation, Science, and Technology Building, sits in Lakeland on Florida's I‑4 High Tech Corridor, within an hour of…