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A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering seek applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in the area of embodied AI and learning-enabled autonomy for physical systems. The School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), one of the eight Fulton Schools of Engineering, houses a vibrant electrical engineering research community (learn more at ).

We seek applicants who can enhance our abilities in these areas as part of a community of experts. This position focuses on AI systems that perceive, reason, learn, act, and adapt in the physical world through interactions with sensors, actuators, humans, and dynamic environments. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to: novel edge-computing architectures and systems for embodied AI, robot learning, learning-enabled control, multimodal perception, sensor fusion, simulation-to-real transfer, safe reinforcement learning, planning and decision-making under uncertainty, distributed autonomy, and human-autonomy interaction.

Application domains may include robotics, autonomous vehicles, humanoids, aerial and space systems, medical and assistive technologies, smart manufacturing, infrastructure monitoring, and defense-relevant autonomous systems.

We search for applicants who will contribute to our academic programs, promote transdisciplinary teaching and research, and help the university to achieve its aspirations, including enabling student success, transforming society, valuing entrepreneurship, and conducting use-inspired research. Faculty members in the Fulton Schools are expected to develop an internationally recognized and externally funded research program, adopt effective pedagogical practices in the development and delivery of undergraduate and graduate courses, advise both undergraduate and graduate student research and projects, and undertake service activities.

The School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering’s research areas reflect the breadth of the electrical engineering profession and our faculty’s expertise, ranging from the smallest nanoelectronics to the U.S. power grid and its control. Graduate students are involved in all of our research activities and have access to state-of- the-art facilities, such as the Nano Fab microelectronics fabrication space on the ASU Tempe campus and the Macro Technology Works facility, a former semiconductor plant converted to lab and prototyping space.

Six primary areas of specialization are control systems; electric power and energy systems; electromagnetics, antennas and microwaves; electronics and mixed-signal design; physical electronics and photonics; and signal processing and communications.

In addition, new faculty hired through this search may find exciting opportunities to participate in the activities of the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub. Led by ASU, the SWAP Hub is one of eight regional innovation hubs established under the Department of War’s Microelectronics Commons, a national strategic initiative to accelerate the development and production of microelectronics technologies that are critical to U.S. security and defense.

With over 200 partners, the SWAP Hub provides unprecedented opportunities for large-scale collaboration to advance microelectronics prototyping and lab-to-fab transition. ASU is also leading the SHIELD USA project in materials and substrates for advanced packaging through the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program. The Materials-to-Fab (MTF) Center, a collaboration with Applied Materials, features upgraded infrastructure to…