Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank), Physical AI, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Communication Sciences and Disorders
About the Opportunity
About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.
Our locations-in Boston; Arlington; Charlotte; New York City; Miami; London; Portland, Maine; Oakland; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant-are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.
Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs- in a variety of on-campus and online formats-lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.
The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University's mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.
The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Northeastern University offers minors, a Bachelor of Science, and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP). The MS-SLP program is offered on the Boston and Charlotte campuses and is a 60-credit ASHA accredited degree program.
About the Opportunity
Bouvé College of Health Sciences invites applications for open rank tenure-track or tenure-on-entry positions with a possibility of a joint appointment in the College of Engineering or the College of Arts, Media, and Design (CAMD) or the College of Engineering (COE) beginning in academic year [contact details available in the full listing] or [contact details available in the full listing].
This interdisciplinary hire is part of our hiring theme in Physical AI, Robotics & Autonomous Systems. The successful candidate will develop and apply semi-autonomous and autonomous physical AI systems for modeling, monitoring, and collaborating with humans in health and healthcare contexts, spanning digital twins to embodied health technologies within translational and implementation science.
Within Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), this translates into building the physical AI systems that sense, model, and act on the human body and communication behavior - for example, voice-controlled assistive technology, mobile health, virtual reality, socially assistive robotics, wearable biosensors, or digital twins - developed through user needs research, concept development, and usability/use-related risk evaluation for regulated health products. Candidates whose work sits at the intersection of CSD and engineering, robotics, industrial design, or computer science are strongly encouraged to apply regardless of their disciplinary training.
Our tenure and promotion process values collaborative research and teamwork. Hires will be mentored for success, with mentoring teams and group guidance. In addition, a strong and effective faculty development strategy is part of the Northeastern institutional mission. The ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development office works in conjunction with the Office of Research Development (ORD), the Office of Belonging, the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR), and University Decision Support (UDS) to provide programs and trainings to further develop and support a thriving faculty.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, conducting an independent and externally funded research program, and participating in departmental, college, and university service. Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.
Qualifications
- PhD, EdD, ScD in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Rehabilitation Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience, Computational Psycholinguistics, Human-Centered Design, Industrial Design, Human Factors Engineering, or broadly related fields by the employment start date.
