Description

The Mechanical Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California (Cal Poly) is excited to invite applications for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank beginning Fall 2026. This search is for an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the two broad areas of thermo-fluids and mechanics.* The successful candidate will be expected to teach a variety of courses within a particular stem of the mechanical engineering curriculum (e.g., thermo-fluids stem or mechanics stem) to undergraduate and graduate students in classroom and laboratory settings. Additional responsibilities include advising students, participating in university service activities, and conducting applied research in mechanical engineering. The successful candidate may have a specific specialization in areas such as biomechanics, heat transfer, energy systems or fracture mechanics, for example, and are expected to teach in the wider area around their specialization. As scholars, faculty should be engaged in scholarly work that is of very high quality as evidenced by external peer review. As colleagues, faculty are encouraged to perform service activities at all levels of the University.

*Please note that the department also has two additional, specific searches in the specializations of Mechatronics and Mechanical System Design. If a candidate’s specialization is in either of these areas, application should be made to that search. For full descriptions of these two positions, please visit < https://jobs.calpoly.edu > and search for Job No. 550311 (Mechatronics) or 550308 (Mechanical System Design) or for the (General ME)  position Job Number: 552329