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Position Summary

The Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for future part-time afliate faculty teaching positions.

For more information about the Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science in our College of Aerospace, Computing, Engineering, and Design, please visit: https://www.msudenver.edu/aviation-aerospace.

Responsibilities

An affiliate faculty members duties may include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies. The ability to adapt and learn new modes of instruction is highly encouraged. Candidates need to be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student population.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelors degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree plus four years of relevant work experience or a masters degree or doctorate

• Experience with space mission architecture, inclusive of aerospace systems engineering, spacecraft design and subsystem development, launch processes, ground station and mission operations, and/or space system automation

• Experience with industry tools for mission simulation (e.g., STK), programming, system design, and/or data analysis

• A fundamental understanding of orbital mechanics along with the space environment and its impact on crewed and uncrewed systems

• Knowledge of historical spaceflight systems and future industry trends, inclusive of system automation, modular architectures, artificial intelligence integration, and/or aerospace workforce development
  

Terms of Employment

Afliate faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specic classes, usually on a semester-by-semester basis. Afliate faculty are not eligible for benet coverage under the Universitys benet program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment.

Qualied candidates will be expected to teach in person/on campus upon hire.

Salary for Announcement

The nal salary is based on the number of credit hours assigned at a rate determined by university policy.

For more information, please view pay rates under the College of Aerospace, Computing, Engineering, and Design: Affiliate-Rates-AY-25-26.

How to Apply

Candidates must apply online through MSU Denvers career site, https://www.msudenver.edu/careers. Complete applications must include the following required materials:

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Cover letter
3.Copies of certications, if applicable (please copy front and back)

There is one location (the resume/cover letter submission eld) in the application poral to upload all required materials. Multiple documents can be submitted into this one eld. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit your application.

Ofcial transcripts will be required of the candidates selected for hire.