Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Position: tenured or tenure-track in Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Appointment can be Assistant, Associate, Professor rank. Senior ranks need research excellence, sustained commitment, vibrant research program with external funding. Exceptional senior may be considered for chaired professorship.
- Invite applications from outstanding candidates with demonstrated excellence and commitment in ISE. Accomplished candidates with expertise in core ISE methodological areas (computational science, optimization, probability, simulation, statistics, systems lifecycle analysis) and interest in solving important societal problems (including but not limited to supply chain, transportation and logistics, healthcare, finance) are encouraged. Also candidates with expertise in data science, machine learning, and related areas encouraged.
- Department’s search aligns with USC’s Computing initiative, which has $200M gift for naming of Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and AI. Candidates will have opportunity to be affiliated with that school, priority given to those whose research aligns with one or more of affinity areas: computing and (i) sustainability, (ii) security, (iii) health, (iv) systems.
- Seek energetic individual who will participate in department’s and university’s research enterprise and engage with students at undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful candidate will establish a strong, externally funded, research program of national prominence while contributing to core teaching mission of a top ISE department.
- Earned doctorate in ISE or closely related field required.
- Positions available starting August 16, 2027.
- Application: apply at https://usccareers.usc.edu. Materials: cover letter, CV, statements of research and teaching interests (each up to 2 pages), contact info for three references. Applications received before Oct 10, 2026 considered for pre-interview at INFORMS Annual Meeting. To receive full consideration, all materials should be received by Dec 1, 2026; applications after might not be considered.
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering is top-tier; 213 full-time tenure-track faculty; interdisciplinary research through centers: Information Sciences Institute, Institute for Creative Technologies, DHS’s first University Center of Excellence (CREATE), National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS), Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM). Affiliated with USC Stevens Center for Innovation. Research expenditures exceed $177M annually.
- Annual base salary range for faculty ranks: Assistant Professor: $120,000 - $140,000; Associate Professor $145,000 - $170,000; Full Professor: $180,000 - $250,000.
- When extending an offer, USC considers factors such as scope of responsibilities, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, and state.
- EEO boilerplate etc to remove.
- Reasonable accommodations contact info: USC Human Resources phone (213) 821-8100 email uschr@usc.edu. This is maybe considered boilerplate but it's contact for accommodation; but instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The accommodation contact might be considered part of application instructions? It's not exactly application instructions but it's contact for accommodation. Might be considered part of legal/EEO? It's about accommodations for disabilities. Might be considered boilerplate but it's specific contact. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Accommodations contact is related to EEO but maybe we should keep? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The accommodation contact is part of EEO compliance. Likely we should remove it.
- Job ID REQ20180490 Posted Date 09/16/2026 Apply Current employees apply here - drop.
Thus we need to produce sections: maybe About the role (description), Responsibilities (research and teaching), Requirements/Qualifications (doctorate, expertise areas), Skills (maybe not needed), Benefits (none explicit), Pay (salary range), Schedule (start date). Also maybe Affiliation/Opportunity (affiliation with Stevens School). But we must only include sections when posting has real specific content.
We have:
- About the role: description of position, department, ranks, expectations.
- Responsibilities: research enterprise, teaching, establishing funded program, engaging students.
- Requirements/Qualifications: doctorate in ISE or related field; expertise in core ISE methodological areas; interest in societal problems; data science/ml expertise encouraged; alignment with computing initiative affinity areas; senior ranks need research excellence etc.
- Skills: maybe list of methodological areas, data science, machine learning, etc. Could be under Requirements.
- Pay: salary ranges given.
- Schedule: start date August 16, 2027.
- Benefits: not explicitly listed besides maybe affiliation opportunity, research centers, etc. Could be considered Benefits? But not explicit benefits like health insurance etc. The posting mentions opportunity to be affiliated with Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and AI, priority given to those whose research aligns with affinity areas. That's more like opportunity/benefit. Could be a section "Affiliation" but not in allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could put affiliation under Benefits? Or maybe under About the role. Since Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It does mention opportunity to be affiliated with a school, which is a benefit. So we could include Benefits section describing that.
- Also mention research expenditures, centers, etc. Could be part of About the role or Benefits.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Maybe also Qualifications separate? Could combine Requirements and Qualifications but we can have both if content distinct. Requirements could be doctorate; Qualifications could be expertise areas, alignment, etc. But we can also just have Requirements covering all.
Better to have:
- About the role
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (doctorate)
- Qualifications (expertise areas, societal problems, data science/ml, affinity areas)
- Pay
- Schedule
- Benefits (affiliation with Stevens School, research centers, expenditures)
Check if any content duplicated.
Let's extract precise sentences.
About the role:
"The University of Southern California invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering ( https://ise.usc.edu/ ) in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering ( https://viterbischool.usc.edu/ ). The appointment can be made at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor rank. Candidates at the senior ranks must have demonstrated research excellence and sustained commitment to the discipline and are expected to have a vibrant research program with external funding. Exceptional senior candidates may be considered for a chaired professorship. We invite applications from outstanding candidates with demonstrated excellence and commitment in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)."
That's good.
Responsibilities:
"We seek an energetic individual who will participate in the department’s and the university’s research enterprise and engage with students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A successful candidate will establish a strong, externally funded, research program of national prominence while contributing to the core teaching mission of a top ISE department."
Also maybe mention teaching.
Requirements:
"An earned doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering, or a closely related field, is required."
Qualifications:
"Accomplished candidates with expertise in the core ISE methodological areas (e.g., computational science, optimization, probability, simulation, statistics, and systems lifecycle analysis) and interest in solving important societal problems (including but not limited to supply chain, transportation and logistics, healthcare, finance) are encouraged to apply. Applications from candidates with expertise in data science, machine learning, and related areas are also encouraged. Our department’s search this year aligns with USC’s Computing initiative, which has already resulted in a $200 million gift for the naming of the Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence ( https://stevens-computing-ai.usc.edu/ ) that aims to advance computing research and education across all disciplines. Candidates will have the opportunity to be affiliated with the Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, with priority given to those whose research aligns with one or more of the following affinity areas: computing and (i) sustainability, (ii) security, (iii) health, and (iv) systems."
Also mention senior ranks need research excellence etc but that could be in Requirements? Actually senior ranks requirement is about research excellence etc. Could be part of Requirements.
But we already have senior ranks mention in About the role. Could keep there.
Pay:
"The annual base salary range for the following faculty ranks in this posting are: Assistant Professor: $120,000 - $140,000 Associate Professor $145,000 - $170,000 Full Professor: $180,000 - $250,000"
Schedule:
"Positions are available starting August 16, 2027."
Benefits:
Maybe include: "The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is among the top-tier engineering schools in the world. It counts 213 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Faculty engage in interdisciplinary research through the School’s research centers, including the Information Sciences Institute, the Institute for Creative Technologies, the Department of Homeland Security’s first University Center of Excellence (CREATE), the National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS), and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM). The School is affiliated with the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. Our research expenditures typically exceed $177 million annually."
Also mention opportunity to affiliate with Stevens School (already in Qualifications). Could be benefit.
We should avoid duplication: the affiliation mention appears both in Qualifications and Benefits; we could keep it only once, maybe under Benefits as it's a benefit. But Qualifications also mentions it as priority. Might be okay to have both but risk duplication. Better to keep affiliation under Benefits, and under Qualifications just mention expertise areas, societal problems, data science/ml, and computing initiative alignment (maybe mention affinity areas). Actually the affinity areas are part of the computing initiative; we could mention that under Qualifications as "priority given to those whose research aligns with affinity areas: computing and sustainability, security, health, systems." That is part of the opportunity.
Thus Benefits could focus on department stats, research centers, expenditures.
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Position: tenured or tenure-track in Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Appointment can be Assistant, Associate, Professor rank. Senior ranks need research excellence, sustained commitment, vibrant research program with external funding. Exceptional senior may be considered for chaired professorship. - Invite applications from outstanding candidates with demonstrated excellence and commitment in ISE. Accomplished candidates with expertise in core ISE methodological areas (computational science, optimization, probability, simulation, statistics, systems lifecycle analysis) and interest in solving important societal problems (including but not limited to supply chain, transportation and logistics, healthcare, finance) are encouraged. Also candidates with expertise in data science, machine learning, and related areas encouraged. - Department’s search aligns with USC’s Computing initiative, which has $200M gift for naming of Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and AI. Candidates will have opportunity to be affiliated with that school, priority given to those whose research aligns with one or more of affinity areas: computing and (i) sustainability, (ii) security, (iii) health, (iv) systems. - Seek energetic individual who will participate in department’s and university’s research enterprise and engage with students at undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful candidate will establish a strong, externally funded, research program of national prominence while contributing to core teaching mission of a top ISE department. - Earned doctorate in ISE or closely related field required. - Positions available starting August 16, 2027. - Application: apply at https://usccareers.usc.edu. Materials: cover letter, CV, statements of research and teaching interests (each up to 2 pages), contact info for three references. Applications received before Oct 10, 2026 considered for pre-interview at INFORMS Annual Meeting. To receive full consideration, all materials should be received by Dec 1, 2026; applications after might not be considered. - USC Viterbi School of Engineering is top-tier; 213 full-time tenure-track faculty; interdisciplinary research through centers: Information Sciences Institute, Institute for Creative Technologies, DHS’s first University Center of Excellence (CREATE), National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS), Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM). Affiliated with USC Stevens Center for Innovation. Research expenditures exceed $177M annually. - Annual base salary range for faculty ranks: Assistant Professor: $120,000 - $140,000; Associate Professor $145,000 - $170,000; Full Professor: $180,000 - $250,000. - When extending an offer, USC considers factors such as scope of responsibilities, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, and state. - EEO boilerplate etc to remove. - Reasonable accommodations contact info: USC Human Resources phone (213) 821-8100 email uschr@usc.edu. This is maybe considered boilerplate but it's contact for accommodation; but instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The accommodation contact might be considered part of application instructions? It's not exactly application instructions but it's contact for accommodation. Might be considered part of legal/EEO? It's about accommodations for disabilities. Might be considered boilerplate but it's specific contact. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Accommodations contact is related to EEO but maybe we should keep? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The accommodation contact is part of EEO compliance. Likely we should remove it. - Job ID REQ20180490 Posted Date 09/16/2026 Apply Current employees apply here - drop. Thus we need to produce sections: maybe About the role (description), Responsibilities (research and teaching), Requirements/Qualifications (doctorate, expertise areas), Skills (maybe not needed), Benefits (none explicit), Pay (salary range), Schedule (start date). Also maybe Affiliation/Opportunity (affiliation with Stevens School). But we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have: - About the role: description of position, department, ranks, expectations. - Responsibilities: research enterprise, teaching, establishing funded program, engaging students. - Requirements/Qualifications: doctorate in ISE or related field; expertise in core ISE methodological areas; interest in societal problems; data science/ml expertise encouraged; alignment with computing initiative affinity areas; senior ranks need research excellence etc. - Skills: maybe list of methodological areas, data science, machine learning, etc. Could be under Requirements. - Pay: salary ranges given. - Schedule: start date August 16, 2027. - Benefits: not explicitly listed besides maybe affiliation opportunity, research centers, etc. Could be considered Benefits? But not explicit benefits like health insurance etc. The posting mentions opportunity to be affiliated with Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and AI, priority given to those whose research aligns with affinity areas. That's more like opportunity/benefit. Could be a section "Affiliation" but not in allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could put affiliation under Benefits? Or maybe under About the role. Since Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It does mention opportunity to be affiliated with a school, which is a benefit. So we could include Benefits section describing that. - Also mention research expenditures, centers, etc. Could be part of About the role or Benefits. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll produce something like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
...
Requirements
- ... ...