A cover letter, CV or resume, and a  teaching statement are required for consideration for this position. These should be combined into one PDF and attached in the resume section of the application. The cover letter should summarize your qualifications and address how UM Robotics is a good fit for you. Your teaching statement should include your specific teaching interests, a description of your teaching experience, and a description of how you make your courses accessible to students from a variety of backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles. Please consult our required and elective course listings on our website at https://robotics.umich.edu/academics/courses/.
 

The Robotics Department is looking for a team-oriented professional to teach courses in Robotics with topics including computational linear algebra, calculus, programming, robot operating systems, artificial intelligence and computer vision, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embedded systems, and physical computing. We are also looking for areas of electronic system design and fabrication, robotics sensor systems, and autonomous systems. Robotics applications include industrial, mobile, rehabilitation, medical, soft, aerial, underwater, and legged locomotion robotics.

Our department is growing, and as a member of our team you will have the chance to grow along with us. This is a non-tenure track faculty position with a nine-month appointment and an initial term of three years.  You will report to the Undergraduate or Graduate Chair, depending on the portfolio of courses you teach.  This position is open and the anticipated start date is August 25, 2025. 

• MS or PhD degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• Effective teaching experience in robotics-related courses as evidenced by evaluations 
• Software experience in diverse environments (ex. Python, C/C++, SolidWorks, ROS, EAGLE, Linux) with proficiency in several
• At least 1 year or more experience with prototypes electronics, 3D printing
• Track record of outreach activities
• Interest and ability to work with open-source software libraries, such as for inter-process communication, computer vision, and robot control

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of ten calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eleventh day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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