Career and Job Opportunities

Tenure-track faculty position in the areas of Space Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a tenure-track/tenured faculty position at all levels in the areas of Space Engineering. We seek candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas, including but not limited to: (1) spacecraft propulsion, including advanced propulsion concepts; (2) space structures and materials, including multiscale modeling, experimental characterization, or design of spacecraft structures and materials; (3) atmospheric entry and aerothermodynamics; (4) advanced manufacturing for space applications; (5) artificial intelligence for space applications, including physics-informed machine learning, autonomy, design optimization, and digital twins for space structures and propulsion; and (6) space technologies for planetary health, including atmospheric monitoring, climate applications, debris mitigation, and sustainable space systems. The department is continuing its investment in growing the area of space engineering, which is intended to continue over the next five years.  The successful candidate is expected to play a leadership role in this activity.  This growth will complement major space-related activities at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The Johns Hopkins Homewood campus is also home to the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in an engineering or closely related field and will be expected to establish an independent, multidisciplinary, and internationally recognized research program. We seek a colleague who has a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels and who will contribute to our community by embracing excellence, diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from women and members of groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 28 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members, 23 research and teaching faculty members, 240 undergraduates, 250 graduate students, and 25 postdocs. The Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins University actively encourages and supports interdisciplinary research through school-level research centers and cross-divisional research institutes. In addition to the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Department of Mechanical Engineering has strong affiliations with the Center of Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM), the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), the Johns Hopkins Center for Additive Manufacturing and Architected Materials (JAM2), the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES), and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health (JHIPH). More information about the Department can be found at http://me.jhu.edu and the Whiting School of Engineering at http://engineering.jhu.edu.

All applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and three representative publications.  Applicants for Assistant Professor appointments should also provide complete contact information for at least three references.  Applications must be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/159470.  Review of applications will begin around January 15, 2025, but the Department will consider exceptional applicants at any time.

The Whiting School of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering are committed to building a diverse educational environment. The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.

Questions can be addressed to ME_Dept_Chair@jhu.edu – please use the subject line “Space Engineering Faculty Search at JHU Mechanical Engineering”.

Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program Cluster Hire: Open Rank Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty Position in Fluid Mechanics 

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America’s first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university. 

Johns Hopkins University strives to be a pluralistic community that embraces the values and imperatives of diversity, equity, and inclusion as integral to our missions of education, research, and service.  We are committed to doing our part to address both the lag in diverse faculty recruitment in higher education and the need to build stronger networks to support faculty advancement and success.  Thus, we are endeavoring to hire multiple faculty members into interdisciplinary cohorts (clusters) for Fall 2025 anticipated start dates.   

This cluster hire initiative is part of the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program (FGJFEP) at Johns Hopkins University which is part of a $50 million investment that focuses on the recruitment, retention, and advancement of faculty who demonstrate a commitment to inclusive excellence in teaching, research, and service as part of JHU’s Second Roadmap on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This program has the following benefits:  opportunities to participate in community-building and networking, leadership development, and strong mentoring support.  Faculty hired into this program are known as Fannie Gaston-Johansson Professors. 

We are seeking up to 4 tenure-track faculty at all ranks to contribute to the Fluid Mechanics Across Scales cluster. This cluster builds upon the longstanding strength in multidisciplinary fluid mechanics research at Johns Hopkins University, where researchers are already at the forefront in efforts to meet pressing global challenges. For example, recent Johns Hopkins fluid mechanics research has led to important contributions to our understanding of the spread of viruses via microscopic droplets, the atmospheric and oceanic flows governing climate patterns, the extraction of energy from wind and waves, as well as many other topics that impact global health, climate, materials, energy, space exploration, and supersonic flight. This initiative seeks to maintain this traditional broad coverage and expand existing collaborations with areas where fluid dynamics plays a substantial role. 

Johns Hopkins University recognizes that fluid mechanics is central to understanding a broad range of physical phenomena ranging from biology to climate modeling, and a key component of an even broader set of problems, such as manufacturing and space exploration. Therefore, interactions among researchers in this broad range of areas are a hallmark of Hopkins long-standing tradition of fluid mechanics research spanning multiple disciplines and academic units. Fluids faculty are represented in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Applied Physics Laboratory. There are also a number of ongoing collaborations with faculty in the School of Medicine. Frequent cross-disciplinary interactions are facilitated by university-wide funding mechanisms, as well as structural units including, the Center for Environment and Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM), the Ralph O’Conner Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), and the Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Sciences (IDIES). 

The salary range for this position is $170,000 – $200,000, $180,000 – $245,000 and $200,000 – $450,000 for respective appointments at the Assistant, Associate and full Professor ranks (12 month) equivalent.  Faculty appointments are 9-month positions and are nominally scheduled to begin in Fall 2025, with exact dates to be negotiated with the hiring department.  Johns Hopkins offers faculty and staff a number of benefits designed to help them pursue productive and fulfilling professional and personal lives. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans, employer-paid life insurance, tuition assistance for dependent children, and “Live Near Your Work” grants to support home buying costs.   

Qualifications 

We invite faculty whose research and teaching focus on fluid mechanics to join our endeavor.  The successful candidate will be expected to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.  Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in engineering, applied mathematics, physics, atmospheric or oceanic sciences or a related field (or expect to fulfill all of the PhD degree requirements by July 15, 2025).  They will be expected to establish an independent, multidisciplinary, and internationally recognized research program.  All candidates should have a record of scholarly activity such as publications and presentations and the ability to implement inclusive teaching practices.  We seek a colleague who has a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate level and who will contribute to our community by embracing inclusive excellence.  

In addition, Associate and Full Professors should have well-defined research agendas, records of external grant support, and evidence of teaching excellence.    

Application Instructions 

Applications submitted by Dec. 13, 2024, will receive our fullest consideration.  The following materials should be submitted through Interfolio https://apply.interfolio.com/157009: 

1. a cover letter describing your interest,  

1. a curriculum vita, 

1. a research statement,  

1. a teaching statement, 

1. a statement describing your previous experience aimed at contributing to an equitable and inclusive environment, (e.g., your statement may address your knowledge of challenges related to diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM and your track record of advancing inclusive excellence), and 

1. 3 representative publications. 

1. Applicants for Assistant Professor appointments should also include the names and contact information for three references (reference letters will be requested from selected finalists).    

Questions about this search can be directed to Dennice Gayme (dennice@jhu.edu) or Gretar Tryggvason (gtryggv1@jhu.edu). 

Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, military status, immigration status, or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved. 

We especially encourage members of historically underrepresented groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.  If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu. 

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Johns Hopkins students and alumni are welcome contact Academic Program Manager Mike Bernard with questions and information about career opportunities.

We welcome job and internship opportunities from you! Please contact Mr. Bernard directly as he will help target the appropriate student and alumni for your opportunities.