Assistant Professor

Description:

Full Job Description

Duties

• Conduct scholarly research and synchronize multiple lines of effort to achieve research outcomes as assigned by the primary investigator, including incorporating faculty and cadet researchers as designated by the primary investigator.
• Assist in the writing of scholarly manuscripts along with future research project white papers and proposals, making positive scholarly contributions.
• Participate in multiple annual conferences in support of project outcomes.
• Willingness to conduct field research excursions as needed.
• Teach physics or space science courses and/or advise cadets in an educational capacity each academic year.
• Conduct outreach as it relates to research program objectives and fostering future space science professionals.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position may be subject to a one-year trial period.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 12% of the time.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must (a) hold a bachelor's degree or higher that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, OR (b) possess a combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.


SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR/KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Applicants will be evaluated on the following: 1) Academic accomplishment (PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Space Sciences, Physics or Space Physics, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Statistics, Data Sciences, or closely related field(s)); 2) Demonstrated potential to mentor student and faculty research projects; and 3) Demonstrated potential to teach undergraduate advanced physics and/or space science courses in the United States Military Academy curriculum;