Tenure-Track: Assistant or Associate Professor - Space Engineering (Space Communications)
About the role
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty candidate with a 9‑month academic appointment, with the possibility of an additional summer appointment contingent upon need and availability of funds, beginning Fall 2027. Applicants will be considered at the Assistant or Associate professor level. The position is open to candidates with interests in all aspects of space engineering. Applicants with specialized technical focus in space communications, technologies and methods for space‑based data processing, edge computing for spacecraft, encryption and cybersecurity, positioning, navigation, timing, space‑based remote sensing, geodesy, threat assessment and remediation, and space mission design are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with prior experience applying relevant technologies for the space environment will be preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop and teach courses in the newly established Space Engineering program at Texas A&M.
- Advise and mentor graduate students.
- Develop an independent externally funded research program at the forefront of aerospace and space engineering and sciences.
- Participate in all aspects of the department’s activities.
- Serve the profession.
Requirements
Applicants must have an earned doctorate in aerospace engineering or a closely related science and engineering discipline.
Skills
- Space communications
- Technologies and methods for space‑based data processing
- Edge computing for spacecraft
- Encryption and cybersecurity
- Positioning, navigation, and timing
- Space‑based remote sensing
- Geodesy
- Threat assessment and remediation
- Space mission design
Schedule
Nine‑month academic appointment with the possibility of a summer appointment contingent upon need and availability of funds, beginning Fall 2027.