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Faculty Positions
Please note that each position requires a separate application for an independent search process. Candidates interested in applying to multiple positions must complete each application separately.
- Bioengineering
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in New Mobility Systems in Transportation Engineering
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Groundwater Hydrology - Computer Science
Multiple Tenure-track Assistant Professor Positions
Open Rank Teaching Professor Position - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor Faculty Positions
Open Rank Teaching Professor Position - Materials Science and Engineering
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Positions - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Multiple Assistant Professor Positions - University-wide faculty hiring initiatives
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Pacific Islander Experiences in Engineering
Assistant Professor Position in AI for Science
Staff Positions
Please visit UCLA Career Opportunities for engineering and other campus positions
Our goal at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is to enable positive change on society and individuals. As part of our Engineer Change philosophy, we are focused on research that targets today’s greatest societal challenges, education that empowers students to become future change agents, access for diverse populations to succeed in engineering careers and entrepreneurship that helps bring great ideas to the market.
Candidates will be evaluated based on their research and teaching statements, and their statement of contributions to diversity. UCLA Samueli will support travel and lodging expenses for all qualified candidates.
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