What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adjunct Faculty Engineering Management position at Merrimack College?
Engineering Management Adjunct Faculty Opportunities
We have adjunct faculty positions open starting in Fall 2025 for Engineering Management Professionals and Educators. Teaching focus is Engineering Project Management and/or Systems Engineering. These are fully online positions in our Graduate Engineering Management Program, weeknight online class sessions, Eastern Time Zone oriented.
Details may be found at:
https://www.merrimack.edu/employment_opportunities/adjunct-lecturer-mechanical-engineering/
Responsibilities
The Master’s in Engineering Management Program (EMP) at Merrimack College in the School of Engineering and Computation Sciences invites applications for the position of Adjunct Faculty for the Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and/or Summer 2026 semesters. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing formal learning in the online Engineering Management Program with primary duties being effective delivery of instructional material and course management (e.g., assessments, grading).
Multiple instructors are needed with content expertise and professional applied experience (e.g., college-level teaching of relevant engineering management topics, professional employment in engineering management roles, etc.) for the following graduate courses:
- Engineering Project Management
- Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking
At Merrimack, for the Engineering Management Program, we have six (6) teaching periods per year, all in an 8-week, online format: Fall 1, Fall 2, Spring 1, Spring 2, Summer 1, and Summer 2. Our online courses are offered with weekly synchronous sessions as well as asynchronous supporting content. Synchronous online sessions are scheduled for one weeknight per week, typically between 6 PM and 10 PM Eastern Time. Most EMP course sections have less than 20 students, with a limit of 29 students.
Qualifications
- An earned doctorate (Ph.D., Eng.D., or Ed.D.) or an advanced doctorate candidate in Engineering or Engineering Management or a related doctoral degree is preferred; or hold a Master’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Management (or related field) with at least 8-10 years of professional engineering management experience;
- Demonstrated commitment to infusing soft, people management skills as well as hard, technical management skills into curriculum and training are highly preferred;
- Professional certification is valued, but not required. Examples may include Project Management Professional (PMP from PMI) and/or Certified or Expert Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP or ESEP from INCOSE).
