The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions. We are strongly committed to all members of our community: students, faculty, and staff. Our mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of engineers and to conduct engineering science and technology research that addresses important societal challenges. We strive to accomplish this mission with the highest dedication to quality, integrity, and respect for others. We are particularly interested in applicants who are committed to enriching our environment in research and teaching and demonstrate an eagerness to strengthen the values of collaboration and interdisciplinarity at CMU. CMU seeks to meet the needs of dual-career couples and is a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) that assists with dual-career searches.

We have multiple tenure-track positions open to candidates from a broad range of engineering and scientific backgrounds who perform computational, AI, and/or theoretical research. Consistent with the current breadth of departmental research, we welcome applicants with expertise across a wide variety of research areas broadly related to mechanical engineering. We expect that applicants will also contribute synergistically to the existing, highly collaborative research activities in the department, college, and university-at-large, which all have a rich history of interdisciplinary research.

The Mechanical Engineering department consists of approximately 40 faculty, 450 undergraduate students, and 450 graduate students. We have a dynamic and passionate faculty who create a cultivating and energetic environment. They perform innovative research in traditional and non-traditional domains that addresses societal challenges and that is defining the future of engineering. A new world-class building with state-of-the-art research and educational facilities recently opened as the home for Mechanical Engineering. The department provides a welcoming environment for researchers from cutting-edge technical backgrounds to develop an academic career.

Expectations: You are expected to establish and grow a strong, externally-supported, and internationally-recognized research program. You are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Tenure-track faculty at CMU carry a relatively low teaching load, typically two courses per year, which allows time for quality research and close involvement with students. You are expected to be a passionate mentor and advisor, and to serve with colleagues to promote the general success of the department.

Eligibility: We seek individuals who hold a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and have demonstrated dedication to our core values: scientific truth, creativity, quality, innovation, and engineering problem solving. Faculty appointments are typically made at the rank of Assistant Professor. Appointments may also be made at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor depending on your qualifications.

Instructions to Apply: Your application should include:

• A cover letter.
• Your curriculum vitae.
• A research statement of no more than five pages that outlines a compelling vision for a research program that ultimately goes beyond your prior experience as a PhD student, as a post-doctoral fellow, and/or in industry. Your statement should include initial research projects that can be immediately pursued with graduate students and for which external funding can realistically be sought. Your statement should also include a longer-term vision with more far-reaching plans that reference potential collaborators in the department and elsewhere at CMU.
•  A teaching and mentoring statement of no more than two pages that outlines your experiences and how they have shaped your pedagogical philosophy. This statement should also list the CMU Mechanical Engineering undergraduate and graduate courses that you are interested in teaching.
• A statement of no more than one page that describes how you will enrich our community in line with the educational and research missions of CMU Mechanical Engineering. Your statement may include examples of professional service, such outreach to K-12 students, leadership in graduate student organizations, and organization of conferences/workshops.

You should request 4-5 professional references via the Interfolio system. Please also list these references and their contact information in your curriculum vitae.

Please visit:https://apply.interfolio.com/172929 to submit an application.

Applications should be submitted as a single PDF document, except for the letters of recommendation, which should be requested individually through the confidential letter request function in Interfolio. You may wish to send an email to each of your letter writers to alert them that they will receive an automated email from Interfolio requesting that they upload their letter of recommendation. The automated Interfolio emails are sometimes mistaken for spam.

Review of applications will begin immediately. Applications received by November 1, 2025, will be given full consideration. We encourage you to submit early. Paper applications will not be accepted.

Carnegie Mellon University is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition, family status, marital status, parental status, religion, ancestry, veteran status, or genetic information. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or executive orders.

About Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university’s seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon’s main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California’s Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico.

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