Tenure-Track: Assistant or Associate Professor - Space Engineering (Space Robotics), Aerospace Engineering
PhD-level Academic / Postdoc roles on Crosslinked list a median of $100k (225 that show pay). This posting does not list pay.
Build an externally funded space engineering research program and teach in Texas A&M's new Space Engineering program.
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Why it is interesting. Helps shape a newly established Space Engineering program, with focus on orbital servicing and on-orbit manufacturing and assembly
Might not be for you. Primary focus is space robotics and operations, with little materials science content
Adjacent materials roleAerospace Engineering faculty search; areas named include space robotics, operations, orbital servicing, manufacturing, and assembly, spacecraft proximity ops, mission design
H-1B filings
Texas A&M University filed 55 H-1B labor applications for scientist and engineer roles from Jan to Dec 2025.
Most common titles: Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Instructional Assistant Professor. Median filed pay: $97K a year.
Universities are exempt from the H-1B cap, so roles here skip the lottery.
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Role details
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty candidate with a 9-month academic appointment, with the possibility of an additional summer appointment contingent upon need and availability of funds, beginning Fall 2027. Applicants will be considered at the level of Assistant or Associate professor. Candidates will be considered with areas of interest in all aspects of space engineering.
Applicants with specialized focus on space robotics, space operations, orbital servicing, manufacturing, and assembly, spacecraft proximity operations, and space mission design are encouraged to apply to this search. Successful applicants will be required to develop and teach courses in the newly established Space Engineering program at Texas A&M; advise and mentor graduate students; develop an independent externally funded research program at the forefront of aerospace and space engineering and sciences; participate in all aspects of the department’s activities; and serve the profession.
Applicants should consult the department’s website to review our academic and research programs ( https://engineering.tamu.edu/aerospace ) Applicants must have an earned doctorate in aerospace engineering or a closely related science and engineering discipline.
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