Academic
Job Category
Faculty Bargaining
Job Title
Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design
Department
Leadership and Faculty | Department Mechanical Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science (Steve Feng)
Posting End Date
June 29, 2025
Note:Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
Job End Date
The salary range will be $150,000 to $280,000 per year.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus, invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor, Full Professor, Associate Professor of Teaching, or Full Professor of Teaching. In addition to the faculty position, the successful candidate will hold the Patrick David Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design – a new, permanently endowed chair. The Chair appointment will initially be for a 5-year term and may be extended for additional terms, subject to a review process and UBC policies. The salary range will be $150,000 to $280,000 per year. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2026, or shortly thereafter.
We are seeking a highly collaborative person who can draw together people, ideas, and approaches from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives to design systems and technologies that address the world’s most challenging problems. The successful applicant will articulate a compelling vision for interdisciplinary design within, across, and beyond the university, and demonstrate a passion for mentoring and training people in the practice of design thinking. This position presents a unique opportunity to build and lead a design research and education program with a significant endowed fund supporting Chair activities. The Chair will have opportunities to work with researchers at successful centers across campus (for example, IRES, ICORD, CAS, SPPH, ICONS, CERC, ICICS, SCARP, and SPPGA), and to pursue collaborations with industry, government, and other external organizations.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field, and should demonstrate leadership and communication skills. The ideal candidate will also have a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion as well as Indigenous engagement. The successful applicant must either be registered, or be eligible to register, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC).
A research faculty will possess a strong record of scholarship including an independent, internationally recognized research program involving design or design education, demonstrated evidence of excellence in teaching, and participation in academic and professional affairs. The successful applicant will lead a prominent research program in design or design education, teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervise and mentor Master’s and Ph.D. students, and provide service to the University and the community.
An educational leadership faculty will take a leading role in enhancing the design learning experience of students. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated excellence in teaching and in educational leadership, defined broadly as activities that advance teaching and learning and have a measurable impact beyond the faculty member’s classroom. This can include, but is not limited to, pedagogical innovation that influences how others teach, broader curriculum development, contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning, and formal leadership roles in education. In additional to contributing substantially through educational leadership related to design, the successful applicant is also expected to teach courses, implement innovative practices in design education, and provide service within the University and the community.
UBC’s Vancouver campus is situated at the tip of ʔəlqsən (Point Grey) on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, surrounded by forest, ocean and mountains. Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse cities in Canada, and one of the most livable cities in the world. UBC aims to amplify the power of its unique place, people, and expertise to create an engineering design program based in our Department and benefitting the broader community.
We invite interested applicants to submit a single .PDF file that includes their CV, a list of four references, and statements on design, research, teaching, and educational leadership, noting where appropriate how equity, diversity, and inclusion factor into your plans. For more details regarding expectations for these statements, please see below. Applications must be submitted online. For more details on UBC, our Department, and the application and interview process, see https://www.mech.ubc.ca/careers.
Review of applications will begin on July 1, 2025; applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
Details on Design Statement: In up to 3 pages, please describe your design-related experience and how your background and vision for your future work align with the goals of the Patrick David Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design.
Details on Research Statement (for applicants to the Associate or Full Professor rank only): In up to 5 pages, please describe both your research experience and expertise and your research plans as a new faculty member, including, as appropriate, current and potential collaborators (at UBC and elsewhere) and planned sources of funding.
Details on Teaching Statement: In up to 3 pages, please describe your teaching experience at any and all scales from one-on-one tutoring to small group tutorials to teaching large section courses. Also, explain your teaching philosophy, including specific examples that have informed the evolution of that teaching philosophy.
Details on Educational Leadership Statement (for applicants to the Associate or Full Professor of Teaching rank only): In up to 3 pages, please describe your activities in the broad educational leadership field, such as education-oriented leadership roles, program or curriculum design, research in education, contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning, or any other education-related initiative that had a measurable impact beyond your classroom.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. Accommodations are available on request for all applicants with disabilities and/or other special needs, at all stages of the selection process. To confidentially request accommodations, please see our website FAQ. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority consideration.
