Virginia Tech - Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

INSTITUTION:  Virginia Tech

DEPARTMENT:  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

POSITION: Management Systems Engineering Professor Positions Available

LINK: Job Application

NOTES:

Posting Date:October 11, 2012

Closing Date: January 4th, 2013

Position Title: Assistant or Associate Professors, tenured or tenure-track

Faculty or Department:  Industrial and Systems Engineering

Management Systems Engineer (posting number 0122393, posting number 0122400, posting number 0122386). 

Appointment will be at the assistant professor level. Management Systems Engineering is concerned with the design and implementation of complex management systems. Example focus areas include complex socio-technical management systems, enterprise transformation, lean work systems, management decision and learning support systems, organizational and process improvement, performance measurement and business analytics, new product development, and other common engineering management topics. Research application areas may include diverse domains (e.g., manufacturing, healthcare, security, and energy). Successful candidates will develop a strong program of funded research and high-impact scholarship and will be committed to excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Management Systems Engineering area. The candidate must have obtained, or expect to obtain shortly, a Ph.D. degree, with at least one degree in industrial engineering, engineering management, systems engineering, or a related field.

 Applications must be submitted online at  and include a cover letter, current vita, research statement, teaching statement, up to three relevant research publications, and names of three references (recommendation letters to be submitted separately, by the writers). Details on how to prepare and submit all materials can found under “Posting Details” for this position on the website. Review of applications will begin on January 4th, 2013: applications submitted after this date may not be considered.

Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity and inclusive excellence, and, in that spirit, seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, minorities, and people with disabilities. Virginia Tech is the recipient of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award to increase the participation of women in academic science and engineering careers.