Other Academic Staff

MIT • Cambridge, MA

29d

About The Position

MIT D-Lab, works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges, seeks a skilled and experienced instructor to co-teach the MIT class EC.729/2.729/EC.797/2.789 Design for Scale, an upper-level, 12-unit mechanical engineering class focused on the late stages of product design and manufacturing for users in low-income settings. The class is taught annually during MIT’s fall semester (September through mid-December). Responsible to identify three to five class projects with established businesses, start-ups, and community partners in low- and middle-income countries such as India, Tanzania, or Nicaragua. Will offer input on pedagogy and syllabus design, co-teach, and be a thought partner for class direction based on the projects and student experience. Partial funding is available for some student travel and out-of-country fieldwork related to this class over the January Independent Activities Period

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of three years of relevant manufacturing and/or product design experience
• Experience applying design for manufacturability
• Hands-on expertise with mechanical fabrication
• Expertise with value chain and other non-technical constraints with building appropriate products
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in engineering or an equivalent professional degree in engineering
• Experience in engineering, design, and/or manufacturing in low-income international settings
• Experience working with students in a project-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify three to five class projects with established businesses, start-ups, and community partners in low- and middle-income countries such as India, Tanzania, or Nicaragua.
• Offer input on pedagogy and syllabus design
• Co-teach
• Be a thought partner for class direction based on the projects and student experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time