Robotics and Embedded Systems Professor Part-Time, or Adjunct

Robotics Professor

Are you passionate about robotics and want to share it with students excited to be in your classroom?

University of Advancing Technology (UAT) is an elite intimate private college in Tempe, AZ focused on educating students in advancing technology who desire to innovate in the areas of emerging technology disciplines including advancing computer science, information security, game and new media technologies.

Living on campus, students are surrounded by a true living-learning technology environment that incubates their ideas into innovations that students can patent and take to market. Students must create an innovation project to graduate.

The role:

The robotics professor is directly responsible for developing and delivering courses that ensure UAT students achieve their program's learning outcomes, complete their programs and have an exceptional YRBL learning experience.

Essential duties:

• Inspire, motivate, and mentor students
• Facilitate relevant student projects and innovations
• Development and delivery of coursework that reflect current, emerging and future technologies and practices in the engineering field
• Be an active member of the engineering community and encourage student participation

Education and skills requirements:
Master's degree in robotics or relevant field with 18 credit hours in robotics required;
Doctorate preferred

A combination of the below skills are preferred:

• ARM microcontroller architecture and programming
• Mechanical engineering fundamental concepts including mechanical advantage, simple machines, simple physical analysis (torque, kinematics, etc.), components used to create a complex mechanism
• Computer vision
• Digital vision and sensor processing including computer vision, edge finding, texture analysis, detection/sending methods in robots
• Autonomous vehicles including aerial vehicles (computer control for both fixed-wing and rotorcraft aerial vehicles, flight mechanics and electronic control of flight, control base stations, software techniques for controlling flying vehicles) and ground vehicles (creating fully autonomous ground vehicle that can learn, memorize, track and intercept a given object)
• Mechatronics including basic mechanical design (mechanical drafting and design, design analysis, rapid prototyping), PCB layout (schematic capture, design for electromagnetic interference, CRC design rules, surface-mount layout), common mechanical control methods (controls theory, PID control methodology, adaptive control systems)

Pedagogy:

University of Advancing Technology's synchronic learning model is designed especially for students of advancing technology. Tailored to both undergraduate and graduate students, synchronic learning provides an education framework that prepares superior graduates to become tomorrow's innovators. This model embodies UAT's methodologies, curricula, and people dedicated to fostering an environment of innovation that promotes demonstrated mastery and job readiness. An integral part of this framework is syncflex, a flexible learning approach with an emphasis on mentored education that provides real project experience to cultivate superior graduates.

Important notes:

Location requirements:
This is not a remote position; candidates must be willing to work in-person at our campus in Tempe, AZ.

Pay:

• $3,000 for in-person courses; $2,400 for hybrid/online courses
• $42,500 - $55,000 dependent on education and experience for part-time
• $85k-$110k dependent on education and experience for full-time salary + benefits

• Medical insurance option with UAT covering 60% of the premium cost, depending on coverage selection.
• UAT has your back, by covering 100% of the monthly premium for short-term and long-term coverage.
• Dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, and AD&D options
• Over 15 paid holidays - we work hard, but give you that extra time to play hard as well!
• Competitive employee and dependent scholarship programs; we take pride in your educational background and look forward to supporting your families' academic goals and endeavors.
• Meal benefit at university café. Hangry? Never heard of here. Come get your lunch at the café, on us, yum!
• University store discount amongst other discount programs.
• Positive, open, and transparent work environment and culture that includes kudos program, casual Fridays and select work weeks, employee wellness activities, bring your pet to campus, along with summer and winter happiness events.
• Employee training and development: essential skills modules are scheduled on the job, allowing for learning, working, and implementation.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

UAT does not sponsor foreign visas. Thank you for your understanding.