Open Positions

Systems Engineering at Colorado State University is about developing integrative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Come be part of our community of problem-solvers and innovators. 

Open Positions

 
The Department of Systems Engineering is currently one of the largest graduate programs at Colorado State University with over 300 master’s and doctoral students. In support of this growth, the Department invites applications for 2, 9-month tenure track faculty positions at Assistant/Associate Professor rank.  This search seeks candidates with a systems-centric research and teaching record in the fields of systems engineering, design and optimization, hardware/software project management, system design lifecycle, requirements, risk analysis, and other aspects of systems engineering and systems engineering science.
 
Required Job Qualifications:
• A Ph.D. or equivalent (D. Sc., D. Eng.) in an engineering discipline or a closely related field is required,
• A rank-relevant portfolio of publications in peer reviewed scientific and/or engineering journals,
• University systems-centric teaching experience,
• Demonstrated ability to secure competitively funded research.
Additional for Associate Professor Position:
• More than 5 years of documented university systems-centric teaching experience,
• More than 5 years of funded systems-centric research with documented grant support as Principal Investigator,
• A strong record of publications as the senior author in their research field and have established a national reputation in their field of research.
 
Preferred Job Qualifications:
● Candidates should demonstrate great promise for extraordinary scholarship and should preferably have systems engineering experience in an academic, government, or industrial setting.
● Candidates with teaching experience in the following disciplines is a preferred qualification: Requirements; Engineering Project Management, and Risk Analysis.
● Post-doctoral experience in an academic, government, or industrial setting is a preferred qualification.
● Candidates should exhibit ability and enthusiasm to teach distance education and conventional courses in the curriculum of the Systems Engineering Department.
● Candidates with mentoring or advising experience are preferred.
● Candidates should demonstrate a personal and professional commitment to diversity as demonstrated by involvement in teaching, research, creative activity, service to the profession, and/or inclusion activities.
● Candidates whose scholarly interests are demonstrated to align with the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, the Systems Engineering Department, and CSU’s institutional strengths are strongly preferred.
 
The Department of Systems Engineering is currently one of the largest graduate programs at Colorado State University with over 300 master’s and doctoral students. In support of this growth, the Department invites applications for part-time (less than 50%) temporary Instructors.
 
Applications will be reviewed when a vacancy occurs and applicants will be contacted only if a suitable position becomes available. These positions will teach graduate courses in both in-person and online, in line with our department teaching model where online students can participate synchronously with the classroom lecture. Please visit https://www.engr.colostate.edu/se/courses/ to view the current course list.
 
Required Job Qualifications:
• Applicants must hold a master’s degree (doctoral degree preferred) in Systems Engineering, Energy Systems, Model-based Systems Engineering, Design optimization, controls, and analytics, Project/program Management or in a field related to subjects taught by the Systems Engineering Department.
• Additional required qualifications and salary determined by the specific position to be filled
• The successful candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date; Systems Engineering will not provide visa sponsorship for these positions.
 
Preferred Job Qualifications:
• Teaching or Engineering experience beyond doctoral training in an academic, government, or industrial setting
• Experience in Systems Engineering, Model-based Systems Engineering, Design optimization, Controls, Analytics, Project Management, Program Management or a closely related field within the last three years.
• Exhibit the ability and interest to teach in a distance education environment
• Demonstrated action for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in an academic, industrial, or professional setting.

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This is an OPEN POOL posting and applicants will be contacted only if a suitable position becomes available. The Department of Systems Engineering (https://www.engr.colostate.edu/se) at Colorado State University (Fort Collins campus) invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellowship positions to pursue research in design, optimization, assessment, and/or management of complex engineered systems.

Postdoctoral fellows will engage in groundbreaking, multi-disciplinary research in close collaboration with research groups in the Systems Engineering Department and other departments at CSU. Candidates with a demonstrated research background in one or more of the following topics are encouraged to apply:
1. Energy Systems
2. Automotive Systems
3. Transportation Systems
4. Human Factors
5. Cybersecurity
6. Model-based Systems Engineering
7. Design optimization, controls, and analytics
8. Situational robotics and awareness
9. Augmented and Virtual Reality Experience Design and Educational Technologies

More job-specific information will be available as search committee members decide to hire from this open pool.

The open positions are temporary assignments. Assignments are 6-12 months, can be extended up to 2 years. Annual terms and reappointment may depend on performance and/or the continued availability of funding.

Should your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted.

For more information on postdoctoral fellow employment benefits, please visit the Human Resources web page at: http://www.hr.colostate.edu/benefits/

Required Job Qualifications:

• Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or documentation of completion of Ph.D. requirements in a related field by the position start date
• Relevant research experience in related field
• Additional required qualifications and salary determined by the specific position to be filled

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Authored or co-authored peer- reviewed manuscripts
• Experience in multiple research models
• Evidence of successful student mentoring in research environment
• Willingness to work in a collaborative environment
• Demonstrated ability to work as a part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Previous scholarly or industrial experience in the fields of systems engineering
• Ability to advance the department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion

For a full list of jobs at CSU, see www.jobs.colostate.edu.

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