Associate/Full Professor of Electrical Engineering (Robotics and Control Systems)

Location: Texarkana, Texas, United States; full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position beginning Fall 2027. Eligibility to work in the United States is required at the time of hire; pre-employment sponsorship is not authorized.

Company

Texas A&M University-Texarkana is a regional comprehensive university focused on academic excellence, student success, applied research, service, and engineering workforce development in Northeast Texas.

What you will do

• Teach and develop undergraduate and graduate courses and laboratories in electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotics, control systems, artificial intelligence, and related areas.
• Establish an active scholarly program with peer-reviewed publications, external funding, and meaningful undergraduate research.
• Develop courses, laboratory experiences, instructional materials, and teaching and research laboratories for the 126-credit-hour curriculum.
• Support students through teaching, advising, mentoring, research, design projects, internships, and industry-sponsored projects.
• Assess student learning, improve course and program effectiveness, and contribute to curriculum development, ABET preparation, continuous improvement, and accreditation.
• Collaborate with faculty, college leadership, industry, and research organizations; serve on division, college, and university committees.

Requirements

• Earned Ph.D. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field.
• Record of, or demonstrated potential for, effective teaching in electrical and computer engineering courses and laboratories.
• Active and impactful research, scholarly publication, and external funding appropriate to the rank sought.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a growing college.
• For Associate Professor appointment, teaching, scholarship, and service meeting Texas A&M University-Texarkana standards, normally including at least five years of successful service as an Assistant Professor or equivalent experience.
• For Professor appointment, teaching, scholarship, and service meeting Texas A&M University-Texarkana standards, normally including at least five years of successful service as an Associate Professor or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work in the United States at the time of hire; no pre-employment sponsorship.
• Ability to travel or work beyond normal office hours when required for program activities and maintain confidentiality in academic and student matters.

Nice to have

• Expertise in robotics, control systems, artificial intelligence, or intelligent systems, with the ability to teach and develop relevant courses.
• Experience with curriculum development, innovative and experiential teaching, and developing, commissioning, or operating electrical engineering laboratories.
• Familiarity with ABET accreditation, outcomes-based assessment, and continuous program improvement.
• Experience engaging undergraduate students in research, design, and industry-sponsored projects.
• Professional Engineering licensure or eligibility to obtain a PE license.
• Experience with program development.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty appointment.
• Student-centered learning environment with hands-on laboratories, undergraduate research, design projects, internships, and industry-sponsored projects.
• Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, graduate education, industry partnerships, sponsored research, and applied research.
• Position generally does not supervise employees.
• All positions are security-sensitive and contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement and plans, unofficial graduate transcript, and contact information for three professional references, including at least one current or previous supervisor.
• Applicants with degrees from non-U.S. institutions must provide course-by-course transcript evaluation by WES or another NACES-approved agency; non-English documents require notarized English translations, at the applicant's expense.
• Documents cannot be revised or uploaded after application submission.