Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

The Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Santa Clara University invites applications for three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions starting in the 2024-2025 academic year. To complement expertise of current faculty, address areas of strong interest to students, and enhance collaboration opportunities with local industries, the department is particularly interested in candidates with specializations in Software Engineering, Programming languages/Compilers, Computer Architecture, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Computer Security and Privacy, and Responsible AI. However, Silicon Valley is an area of broad and ever-changing technical interests and needs, and strong candidates will be seriously considered regardless of area of specialization. Santa Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Distinguished by the highest retention rate and has been ranked first among all regional universities in the West by U.S. News and World Report, Santa Clara University is now elevated to a new category in national rankings, "Doctoral/Professional Universities." The School of Engineering is committed to improving the human condition through engineering education, practice, and scholarship, promoting the University's mission to "fashion a more humane, just and sustainable world." SCU maintains small class sizes and promotes close faculty/student interaction. The University enrollment is approximately 5,900 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students. The Department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, with 30 full-time faculty, and a strong pool of approximately 20 part-time adjunct faculty who instruct about 500 undergraduate majors, and about 400 part-time and full-time graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) majors. The School of Engineering maintains strong ties to local industry. SCU and the computer science and engineering profession are committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and/or service have prepared them to help fulfill these commitments. All SCU faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The ideal candidate will express enthusiasm for teaching lower and upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of specialization, fulfilling all responsibilities related to those courses, and for engaging students from diverse backgrounds in learning. The candidate will demonstrate a passion for developing an active research program appropriate to Santa Clara University's mission that leads to high-quality research publications, research funding applications, and engaging students as participants. Successful candidates will be expected to develop their own scholarly research, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. We welcome candidates ready to contribute to our mission to educate citizens and leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. We especially encourage applicants whose goals and professional or life experiences enrich the department and school community and who can serve as a role model to a diverse student population.