Hiring: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, Sustainable Energy Systems Company: University of Central Florida Location: Greater Orlando Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 13:23:29 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela. •At least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela. Required Skills: •Advanced Chemical Energy Carriers – production and storage, particularly chemicals, such as ammonia, methanol, or hydrogen, derived from primary energy sources, such as nuclear energy or from hydrocarbon feedstock or from electricity through chemical pathways. •Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, including small modular reactors (SMRs), microreactors, molten salt reactors, liquid metal reactors and high-temperature gas cooled reactors. Qualifications: •An earned doctoral degree or foreign degree equivalent from an accredited institution, in an area appropriate to CATER and MAE at the time of appointment. The selected candidate must also have a record of high impact research related to energy systems, demonstrated by a strong scholarly and/or funding record. •In order to obtain tenure upon hire as an associate professor, the selected candidate must have a demonstrated record of teaching, research, and service commensurate with rank in the tenure home department. •Past work experiences in a national lab and/or industry are desired. •A history of working with teams, especially teams that span multiple disciplines, is a highly preferred qualification. •Prior work experience with one of the two applications mentioned earlier is highly preferred. •A letter of interest describing qualifications for the position, such as research agenda and teaching experience/interest. •: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later. •The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials. •Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Diana Perez, Administrative Assistant III, at diana.perez@ucf.edu. •Special Instructions To The Applicants Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!