Assistant/Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Location: Texarkana, Texas, United States; full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment beginning in Spring or Fall 2027.

Company

Texas A&M University–Texarkana's College of Engineering and Computing offers a mechanical engineering faculty position supporting teaching, research, and program growth.

What you will do

• Teach undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering courses, laboratories, and selected interdisciplinary engineering courses.
• Develop courses, laboratory experiences, instructional materials, and teaching and research laboratories for the 126-credit-hour curriculum.
• Establish an active scholarly program with peer-reviewed publications, external funding, and research appropriate to the rank.
• Advise and mentor students in academic, research, professional, and career matters, including undergraduate research, design, and industry-sponsored projects.
• Contribute to curriculum development, student-learning assessment, ABET preparation, continuous improvement, and accreditation.
• Collaborate with faculty, college leadership, industry, and research organizations and serve on division, college, and university committees.

Requirements

• Earned Ph.D. in mechanical engineering or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
• Record of, or demonstrated potential for, effective teaching in mechanical engineering courses and laboratories.
• Record of, or demonstrated potential for, scholarly publication and external funding appropriate to the rank sought.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• For appointment at the Associate Professor rank, teaching, scholarship, and service must meet Texas A&M University–Texarkana standards; this normally includes at least five years of successful service as an Assistant Professor or equivalent experience.
• Eligibility to work in the United States at the time of hire; pre-employment sponsorship is not authorized.
• Ability to travel, work beyond normal office hours, and maintain confidentiality.

Nice to have

• Ability to teach across the mechanical engineering curriculum.
• Familiarity with ABET accreditation, outcomes-based assessment, and continuous program improvement.
• Experience with grant writing, securing external funding, or directing applied research and industry-supported projects.
• Ability to engage undergraduate students in research, design, and industry-sponsored projects and to mentor students.
• Professional Engineering licensure or eligibility to obtain a PE license.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a growing college.

Culture & Benefits

• Tenure-track, full-time faculty appointment for a nine-month academic year.
• Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, graduate education, industry partnerships, and sponsored research.
• Student-centered learning environment with hands-on laboratories, research, design projects, internships, and experiential learning.
• Position generally does not supervise employees.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation; all positions are security-sensitive.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement, 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 evaluation by WES or another NACES-approved agency; non-English documents require notarized English translations, with costs paid by the applicant.
• Applications cannot be revised or supplemented after submission.