What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lecturer position at Georgia Tech?
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Atlanta, Georgia
About The School of Industrial Design at The Georgia Institute of Technology
Industrial Design at Georgia Tech explores the relationship between people, technology, and society. Through design, research, and innovation, we prepare students to address complex challenges and create solutions that improve lives, strengthen communities and organizations, and contribute to a more desirable future.
As part of one of the world's leading research universities, students learn through interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based inquiry, and hands-on making. Our research laboratories, studios, fabrication facilities, and campus partnerships provide opportunities to transform ideas into meaningful innovations. The School of Industrial Design currently offers a BSID, MID, MS-HCI (with a specialization in Industrial Design), and an ID Minor.
The School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a Full-Time Instructor position. We seek a candidate who specializes in contemporary industrial design practice with expertise in physical product development, digital design methods, advanced visualization, design for manufacturing, and emerging technologies. Applicants should have professional experience bringing products from concept through production and demonstrated expertise in industrial design, product development, computational/parametric design, digital fabrication, smart products, AI-assisted design workflows, and studio-based design education.
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values. These values include academic excellence, freedom of expression and inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
Successful candidates will be expected to:
Teach ID foundation courses, technical lecture/lab courses, and advanced studios.
Contribute to curriculum development initiatives, mentor undergraduate and graduate student projects, and support interdisciplinary collaborations across the Institute while incorporating contemporary industry practices and emerging technologies into the classroom.
Engage in service activities within the School and Institute, including organizing design-related events and programs, contributing to accreditation and assessment initiatives, and participating in activities that support the School's strategic goals.
A graduate degree in Industrial Design or a closely related field.
The ability to lead ID foundation projects integrating design practices with form development, aesthetics, CMF development, and visualization.
The ability to design and teach curricula for innovative product concepts using analog and digital design tools.
The ability to teach digital design methods, product visualization, and contemporary CAD workflows used in professional industrial design practice.
The ability to teach product development processes from concept generation through prototyping and manufacturing implementation.
Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or substantially revising industrial design curriculum, courses, or educational materials.
The ability to integrate emerging technologies, including computational design, digital fabrication, and AI-assisted design tools, into design education.
Demonstrated expertise in contemporary industrial design workflows, including advanced CAD-based product development, digital modeling, and visualization tools commonly used in professional practice.
Demonstrated professional experience developing commercially manufactured products.
Professional recognition through patents, design awards, exhibitions, or other evidence of innovation and impact.
Significant professional practice experience in consumer products, lighting, product systems, medical devices, or related fields.
Experience teaching both foundational design studios and technically intensive lecture/lab courses.
Experience with digital fabrication technologies, electronics prototyping, physical computing, or smart product development.
Experience integrating generative AI tools into design practice, design education, or curriculum development.
Applicants should submit: (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) statement of design education and teaching interests, (4) names and contact information for five references, and (5) design research case study report, exhibition, competition, and/or publications.
Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Interim Chair of the School of Industrial Design at leandro.tonetto@design.gatech.edu
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.
Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.
A successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest
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