Santa Clara University · 3 months ago
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$113K/yr - $126K/yrSanta Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The Department of Computer Science & Engineering invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, focusing on teaching and developing a research program while engaging students from diverse backgrounds.
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Responsibilities
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of specialization, and courses of a fundamental/core nature, and fulfilling all responsibilities related to those courses
The standard academic year course load for tenured and tenure-track positions is seven quarter-level course equivalents, generally with a one-course equivalent reduction for scholarly or creative work. The first-year tenure-track assistant professor is granted an additional one course release. Limited course buyout may be approved using external grant funds
Course equivalents include lectures and supervision of labs, theses, dissertations, and projects, distributed across three quarters of 10 weeks each. Each quarter is 10 weeks excluding the final exams week
Developing a research program that leads to high-quality publications, competitive for funding by external sources, and engages students as participants in that research
Appropriate service to the department, school, university, and profession
Qualification
Required
Applicants must hold a doctorate or ABD by appointment start date in computer science, computer engineering, informatics, or in a closely related field
Have demonstrated a strong potential for high-quality research in computing
Have a strong commitment and ability to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of specialization, and courses of a fundamental/core nature, and fulfilling all responsibilities related to those courses
Developing a research program that leads to high-quality publications, competitive for funding by external sources, and engages students as participants in that research
Appropriate service to the department, school, university, and profession
All applications MUST include the following required documents: Letter of Interest, Statement of research interests, statement of teaching interests, and statement describing past, present, and planned contributions to promoting access and academic success for all students in engineering or other areas, Curriculum Vitae, Names and contact information of three Professional References
Company
Santa Clara University
Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
Founded in 1851
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing BiopharmaceuticalsKnight Foundation
2024-04-09Grant
2022-04-07Grant
2017-01-22Grant· $100M
Leadership Team
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Tim Harris
Dean’s Executive Professor, Coord Contemporary Business
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