Employment Opportunities

Our department is continually seeking talented and diverse individuals to join our growing team of faculty and staff. 

As a New York State flagship university, the University at Buffalo houses the largest and most comprehensive engineering and applied sciences school in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. At the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, you’ll join a dynamic and growth-oriented organization that is committed to educational excellence, research impact, and engagement in the communities we serve.

Current Postings

Assistant Professor of Teaching, MAE
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor - Clean Energy
Associate or Full Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Research Scientist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Advancing Top 25: UB Faculty Hiring Initiative

In addition, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is leveraging an unprecedented faculty hiring opportunity to build on existing strengths at the University at Buffalo through the Provost's Advancing Top 25: UB Faculty Hiring initiative. 

Learn more about the hiring initiative impact areas:

  • Clean Energy
    3/6/24
    A successful transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral society of the future requires unprecedented collaboration across multiple disciplines. This core group of faculty will engage collaboratively on shared problems in the broad area of clean energy.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
    4/23/24
    Recognizing the transformative potential of AI, this core group of faculty will engage collaboratively in a variety of shared problems that can benefit from the application of emerging data science tools.

As part of this initiative, we are currently recruiting for the following tenure-track faculty positions:

Position Filled: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Artificial Intelligence

Smart and clean energy systems for connected infrastructures

Position is Filled

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Clean Energy

Wind-energy conversion technologies, renewables such as nanomaterials, solar or other clean energy technologies

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