Assistant Professor of Engineering (Robotics)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not invent. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Department of Engineering Science in the Gupta College of Science and Engineering at Coastal Carolina University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall 2027 in support of its Engineering Science program. - Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, or a closely related field, by the time of appointment. - Proven expertise and research interests in the field of automation and robotics or in autonomous systems are required. - Special preference will be given to applicants with interdisciplinary qualifications or experience. - Applicants must be teacher-scholars who will establish research agendas that involve undergraduate students and teach introductory engineering courses, as well as upper-level courses in their area of expertise. - The position also requires engaging engineering students through active advising and mentoring of extracurricular groups. - Start-up funds will be available to establish a research agenda that incorporates undergraduate students. - Description of university: public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, SC, nine miles from Myrtle Beach. Enrolls >12,000 students from 48 states and 53 nations. Accredited by SACSCOC to award baccalaureate and master’s degrees, specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences. - Gupta College of Science and Engineering works to provide premier experience-driven STEM education, etc. - The Burroughs and Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies within the Gupta College also offers potential for collaboration. - Application details: submit letter of application, CV, contact info for three professional references electronically at link. One reference must address teaching ability. Candidates must also submit a two-page research statement emphasizing potential for undergraduate participation and a two-page statement of teaching philosophy describing specifics of what a typical class session would look like to an outside observer. - Screening of applications will begin on October 21, 2026 and continue until the position is filled. - Equal employment opportunity boilerplate (remove). - Required Qualifications: Must hold the appropriate terminal degree or meet the established alternative qualifications, and exhibit strong potential for excellence in teaching. - Preferred Qualifications: Post-doctoral experience is preferred. - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Current knowledge and mastery of demonstrable skills in area of expertise with ability and willingness to effectively communicate them to students and colleagues is required. - Posting Sponsorship Designation: Will Employer-based sponsorship be considered for this position? Yes. Posting Designation: Employer-based sponsorship may be considered for this position, subject to institutional review and applicable law. - Work Authorization & Sponsorship: Employment at CCU is contingent upon authorization to work in the United States. CCU may consider employer-based visa sponsorship for certain positions; however, sponsorship is discretionary, not guaranteed, and subject to legal, financial, and institutional requirements. CCU rarely sponsors part-time, temporary, staff or non-tenure-track roles and will not sponsor H-1B petitions when the federally required $100,000 fee applies. - Posting Detail Information: Posting Number F00509P, Number of Vacancies 1, Desired Start Date 08/16/2027, Position End Date (if temporary) (blank), Job Open Date 09/21/2026, Job Close Date Open Until Filled Yes, Special Instructions to Applicants Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/122703 - Job Duties: list of duties (multiple bullet-like statements). We need to capture them. - Supplemental Questions: Applicant Documents Required Documents etc. This is application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the "Supplemental Questions" and "Applicant Documents Required Documents" etc. Also remove "Quicklink for Posting" maybe considered application instruction; but we might keep the link? The instruction says remove application instructions. The link is likely part of application instructions. So we should drop it. - Also remove "Posting Detail Information" maybe considered metadata; but we might keep Desired Start Date etc? The instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. So we can include Desired Start Date etc as a short paragraph maybe under About the role or a separate meta paragraph. But we should not create a heading for it. Likely we can include a short paragraph with metadata like "Desired start date: August 16, 2027. Position is open until filled." etc. - Pay, Benefits, Schedule: The posting does not mention pay, benefits, or schedule specifics. So we should NOT include those sections. - About the role: we can have a paragraph summarizing the role. - Responsibilities: list of job duties (teaching, preparing syllabi, office hours, research, advising, etc.) - Requirements: maybe required qualifications (Ph.D., expertise in automation/robotics, teacher-scholar, etc.) - Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications (post-doc experience) and knowledge, skills & abilities. - Skills: maybe knowledge, skills & abilities. We need to avoid duplication. Let's structure:

About the role

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Engineering Science (Robotics) at Coastal Carolina University, beginning Fall 2027. The role involves teaching introductory and upper-level engineering courses, establishing a research agenda with undergraduate involvement, advising and mentoring extracurricular groups, and contributing to university service.

Maybe also include location and university description.

Responsibilities

• Teach students in the classroom and/or laboratory.
• Prepare content, syllabi, and University Moodle/curricular site for each course/lab assigned each semester.
• Communicate with students after reviewing assignments; calculate and assign grades (mid-term and final) per Faculty Manual and University catalog.
• Track and report absences as directed by the Office of the Registrar.
• Post and hold regular office hours each week per College and University guidelines.
• Engage in University-related activities including committee assignments, meetings, ceremonies, events and scholarly pursuits as prescribed in the Faculty Manual.
• Conduct research to create and add knowledge in a field, including advancement of new theories and principles to improve educational effectiveness; train students in related research techniques.
• Engage engineering students through active advising and mentoring of extracurricular groups.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, or a closely related field, by time of appointment.
• Proven expertise and research interests in automation and robotics or autonomous systems.
• Ability to establish research agendas that involve undergraduate students.
• Ability to teach introductory engineering courses and upper-level courses in area of expertise.
• Commitment to active advising and mentoring of extracurricular groups.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Post‑doctoral experience.
• Strong potential for excellence in teaching (required).
• Current knowledge and mastery of demonstrable skills in area of expertise with ability and willingness to effectively communicate them to students and colleagues.

Maybe also include interdisciplinary preference: "Special preference will be given to applicants with interdisciplinary qualifications or experience." Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Add to Requirements: "Special preference for interdisciplinary qualifications or experience." Also mention start-up funds: maybe under About the role. Add metadata: Desired start date August 16, 2027; position open until filled. We could add a short paragraph after About the role: "

Desired start date: August 16, 2027. Position open until filled.

" but that might be considered minor metadata; we can fold into About the role. Let's incorporate. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, sponsorship details? The sponsorship info might be considered substantive? It's about visa sponsorship. The instruction says remove boilerplate, but sponsorship details might be considered substantive? It's not typical boilerplate; it's about employer-based sponsorship. However, it's somewhat generic. The instruction says "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Sponsorship info is not exactly those categories, but could be considered legal? It's about work authorization. Might be considered boilerplate but it's specific to the posting. However, the instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep substantive info like sponsorship possibility. But we have no section for Benefits/Pay/Schedule; we could include a short paragraph about sponsorship under About the role or a separate section like "Work Authorization". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could put sponsorship info under About the role or Qualifications? Probably under About the role as part of description. But the instruction says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can add a section for Benefits only if there is real content. There's none. So we skip Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to ensure we don't include any filler like "not specified". We have specifics. Now produce HTML fragment only. Let's craft final HTML:

About the role

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Engineering Science (Robotics) at Coastal Carolina University, beginning Fall 2027. The role involves teaching introductory and upper-level engineering courses, establishing a research agenda that incorporates undergraduate students, advising and mentoring extracurricular groups, and contributing to university service. Start‑up funds are available to support the research agenda. Desired start date is August 16, 2027; the position remains open until filled.

Responsibilities

• Teach students in the classroom and/or laboratory.
• Prepare content, syllabi, and University Moodle/curricular site for each course/lab assigned each semester.
• Communicate with students after reviewing assignments; calculate and assign grades (mid‑term and final) per Faculty Manual and University catalog.
• Track and report absences as directed by the Office of the Registrar.
• Post and hold regular office hours each week per College and University guidelines.
• Engage in University‑related activities including committee assignments, meetings, ceremonies, events and scholarly pursuits as prescribed in the Faculty Manual.
• Conduct research to create and add knowledge in a field, including advancement of new theories and principles to improve educational effectiveness; train students in related research techniques.
• Engage engineering students through active advising and mentoring of extracurricular groups.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, or a closely related field, by time of appointment.
• Proven expertise and research interests in automation and robotics or autonomous systems.
• Ability to establish research agendas that involve undergraduate students.
• Ability to teach introductory engineering courses and upper‑level courses in the area of expertise.
• Commitment to active