Cluster/Multiple Hires (Assistant and/or Associate Professors) - Societal and Environmental Systems

“Systems is how we understand the world and design is how we change it."

 

The Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo prepares students to be at the forefront of design. We are seeking up to four passionate faculty to join our societal and environmental systems cluster. Our unique programs are staffed by interdisciplinary teacher-scholars that work with undergraduate and graduate students to advance broad innovative engineering at the boundaries of societal and environmental systems for designing sustainable global communities. The department is excited to expand our team’s novel approaches in this arena to increase our meaningful participation in solving large-scale complex, even wicked, problems that plague our society.

 

The successful candidates for these tenure-track faculty positions, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor are expected to conduct scholarship, teach undergraduate and graduate courses and be active in service to the university, profession, and the society. The candidates should demonstrate how their expertise while grounded in engineering is not siloed and may intersect in terms of applications and methods with other disciplines. Preference will be given to candidates who have applied their design skills to real-world systems with innovation and application of systems theory to solving these problems. A vision for the future of engineering design that advances equity and ethics is important to the department which also houses the Center for Society Technology and Values. Industry experience may be an asset.

 

The candidate’s expertise may be within or beyond of our existing application areas in energy, water, transportation, environment, climate, housing, conflict resolution, or resiliency. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with campus-wide institutes in these areas and others (https://uwaterloo.ca/research/research-excellence/senate-approved-centres- and-institutes). Methodological expertise in advanced simulation modeling, optimization, data driven methods, multiscale integrative modeling, multiple stakeholder decision making, remote sensing, stochastic non-linear agent-based modeling, or complex systems would complement our existing team.

 

Candidates must hold a PhD degree in engineering or a related discipline. The successful applicant is required to have an engineering license for practice (full) or teaching (limited) in Canada or to apply for a Canadian engineering license within the first year of joining the University. Due to program accreditation requirements, all new faculty members are normally expected to obtain the license before the end of the first probationary term. Re-appointment is conditional upon satisfying this requirement.
 

 

Applications received by July 31, 2023, will be given full consideration. However, applications will continue to be reviewed until the positions are filled. References are requested but will only be contacted for applicants invited for an interview. The salary range for this position is

 

$110,000 to $175,000. Negotiations beyond this salary range will be considered for exceptionally experienced candidates. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The appointment has a preferred starting date of January 1, 2024.

 

 

 

Three reasons to apply: https://uwaterloo.ca/faculty-association/why-waterloo

 

 

 

The University of Waterloo's Faculty of Engineering is Canada's largest engineering school, ranking among the top 50 engineering school worldwide, and bringing in more than $68 million in research funding per year. The University of Waterloo has 42,000 students and 238,000 alumni in 151 countries. It is home to 74 Canada Research Chairs and is well-known for its 100% creator-owned IP policy. Operating world-renowned co-operative education programs, Waterloo partners with more than 7,000 employers worldwide. Faculty have the opportunity to work across disciplines and collaborate with a diverse community of scholars and students. The campus covers 1,000 acres in the heart of the City of Waterloo. The Region of Waterloo, with a population of 600,000, is an hour west of Toronto, with its global-hub airport.

 

 

 

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office (https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity- inclusion/indigenousinitiatives).

 

 

 

The University values the diverse and intersectional identities of its students, faculty, and staff. The University regards equity and diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for all employees. The University of Waterloo seeks applicants who embrace our values of equity, anti-racism, and inclusion. As such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as Indigenous peoples (e.g., First Nations, Métis, Inuit/Inuk), Black, racialized, people with disabilities, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

 

 

 

To apply, individuals are to complete an online application that includes uploading a single PDF containing the following in order:

 

 

 

1. brief cover letter; statement of research experience and vision that includes the societal and environmental aspects of your research inquiry, the social and engineering elements of the systems studied as well as how your research is cutting-edge and at the intersection of multiple fields (2-page limit); statement of teaching philosophy and interests (1-page maximum); current curriculum vitae.

 

 

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are critical to the University of Waterloo’s mission. Both the research and teaching statements should address the EDI approaches that have been or will be used with examples.

 

 

 

The link to apply is here: https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/societal-and-environmental-systems- cluster-hire

 

 

 

The cover letter is to be addressed to:

 

Prof. Lisa Aultman-Hall

 

Chair, Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo

 

 

 

If you have any questions regarding the position, the application process, assessment process or eligibility, please contact Alex Pastrik at sydeaac@uwaterloo.ca. The University of Waterloo is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. If you have any application, interview or

 

 workplace accommodation requests, please contact Alex Pastrik sydeaac@uwaterloo.ca.