Faculty Openings in Engineering and Adjacent Fields

Olin College, located outside Boston, was founded in 1997 with a mission to develop students as exemplary engineers, to drive positive change in engineering education, and to do good in the world. In this short amount of time, Olin College has become recognized as a leader in engineering education: Olin’s graduates are recognized for their creativity, initiative, and ability to make a difference, and Olin collaborates with other institutions and individuals around the world to change engineering education. Now we are starting a new chapter. Today, we have a new president, Dr. Gilda Barabino, and a new vision that centers on achieving equity both within and through engineering. Would you like to join us in shaping Olin’s next chapter?

Olin defines engineering broadly, from understanding people and their needs, to designing solutions, to creating new technologies and services to benefit people and society. Our approach to engineering education erases boundaries between disciplines, encourages students to take control of their learning, and emphasizes human-centered design and entrepreneurship. There are no departments at Olin—rather, we work together to co-design experimental, experiential, student-centric learning opportunities, and we thrive on involving students in our research, consulting, and other forms of professional work. 

We believe engineering education must be accessible and welcoming for people from all backgrounds, and that engineering should serve not only individuals but also society and the planet. Today engineering education fails to address the systemic challenges that exclude so many promising young people from the engineering profession. Today engineers too often ask “How can we design it?” before asking “Should we design it?” These failures perpetuate deep inequities, and addressing them will require questioning how we teach and how we do engineering, as well as who is included in these conversations. This won’t be easy. It will require collaboration, humility, and diverse ways of thinking; it also will require a willingness to take risks and think big.  And that’s why we’re excited to embrace this challenge. 

Are you passionate about equity and access? Do you want to join us in reframing who can be engineers and what counts as engineering? Do you want to mentor students to better integrate engineering and other fields as they study and tackle complex technical systems and societal challenges? Come join our team. We are looking for individuals (at all ranks) with expertise and experience in engineering (all disciplines) and/or adjacent fields (e.g., applied mathematics, computer science, applied physics). Olin is committed to becoming an increasingly inclusive and diverse learning community that supports equitable learning opportunities for everyone, and we strongly encourage women and individuals from historically underrepresented communities to apply. 

We plan to hold a number of virtual events in October and November at which you can connect with Olin faculty and get to know more about our community. If you would be interested in attending any of these events, we invite you to provide us with your email address in this form. 

Please visit https://www.olin.edu/join-community/faculty/ to apply. We will review applicant materials as they are received. If we find a potential match, we may contact you to request additional materials. First consideration will be given to applications received by December 1, 2021, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. For questions, please contact faculty.search@olin.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

In accordance with its own values and with federal and state regulations, Olin College does not discriminate in admission, programs, services or employment—including the recruitment, hiring, training and promotion of persons in all job classifications—on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. https://www.olin.edu/community/join/equal-opportunity/