The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor. Candidates should strengthen the department’s research activities in the field of robotics and mechatronics. Example sub-fields of interest include, but are not limited to, candidates working on the mechanics and physics foundations of robotics, and on the broad applications of robotics, including in medicine and rehabilitation, manufacturing and industrial automation, space, or as experimental models in physics, biology, and ecology. We expect the successful candidate to establish a dynamic research group, be an interactive member of the faculty, participate in interdisciplinary research and training, and excel in teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at the graduate and undergraduate level in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2027.
Candidates must have a Ph.D., or equivalent degree, in a relevant discipline at the time of hire, and an outstanding record of research that demonstrates originality in addressing significant questions in the field.
Applicants should create a profile through Interfolio and upload a cover letter, statement of research plans, teaching plans (including a list of courses that they are qualified to teach), curriculum vitae, and up to three reprints of published work(s). Applicants should also arrange for three references to upload their letters of recommendation.
Applications must be received by December 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. For questions regarding this position, please email Samantha Leigh Torres at Samantha.L.Torres@yale.edu.
The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.
Additionally, in accordance with this Policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; race; color; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; disability; protected veteran status, or other protected classes as set forth in federal and Connecticut law.
Information on salary ranges and benefits is available here.
The final candidate, upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment/faculty appointment, may be required to disclose whether they are, or have been, the subject of any disciplinary proceeding (investigation, hearing, etc.) at previous institutions or employers, and may also be subject to a background screening. Candidates who materially misrepresent information on their resume or other application materials are ineligible for hire/appointment. Final candidates may also be required to sign a release to allow Yale to solicit information regarding any substantiated conduct violations from current and/or past employers.
