Faculty openings

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We want you at Waterloo

As the largest engineering faculty in Canada, we’re making the world a better place to live through our renowned academic programs, world-leading co-operative education and breakthrough research.
We’re always looking for talented new faculty members who are passionate about educating the brightest engineers of the future and advancing innovative ideas and transformational research to the next level.

Check out our available faculty positions and consider working at the most sought-after engineering school in the country. Available faculty positions are listed on each department/school/institute page. For staff positions, please refer to current staff positions on the Human Resources site. 

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Department and Research Chair Openings

Faculty Openings

Lecturer Opening in Architectural Engineering and Architecture (Closes January 19, 2024)

Biomedical Engineering two faculty openings in Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Living Models and in Implantable Medical Devices (Accepting Applications, first review starts after January 31, 2024)

Chemical Engineering faculty opening in Electrochemical Engineering (closes March 1, 2024)

Chemical Engineering faculty opening in Sustainable Reactions (closes April 1, 2024)

Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty opening in Resilient and Adaptive Environmental Engineering (Two openings, closes November 15, 2023)

Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business faculty opening in Organizational Behaviour and Leadership OR Consumer Behaviour (Accepting Applications, first review starts after January 2, 2024)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, faculty opening in Microwave to THz Applied Electromagnetics (Closes March 30, 2024)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, faculty opening in Nanomaterials and Devices for Electronics and Photonics (closes January 15, 2024)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, faculty opening in Decision and Control (closes January 15, 2024)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, faculty opening in Computer Hardware (closes January, 15, 2024)

Institute for Quantum Computing - faculty opening in Quantum Information (closes, December 1, 2023. Note link takes you to the IQC website)

Management Science and Engineering faculty opening in Information Systems, Data Science and Machine Learning (Accepting Applications, first review starts after December 15, 2023)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering faculty opening in Autonomous / Intelligent Systems (Applications under review as of July 21, 2023)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering lecturer opening in Automation and Control (Applications under review as of October 16, 2023)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering lecturer opening in Solid Body Mechanics and Mechanical Design (Closes January 15, 2024)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering faculty opening in Solid Mechanics (Closes February 16, 2024)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering faculty opening in Thermal Engineering (closes February 16, 2024)

Systems Design Engineering - Societal and Environmental Systems (Still accepting applications, review started on July 31, 2023)

George Soulis Chair in Systems Engineering (Accepting Applications, first review starts after August 1, 2023)