CHAIR & PROFESSOR, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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CHAIR & PROFESSOR, Electrical & Computer Engineering Job No: 541808 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Computer Science, Engineering Department: 19050000 - EG-ELECTRICAL - COMPUTER ENG Job Description Classification Title: CHAIR & PROFESSOR Classification Minimum Requirements: • An earned doctorate in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field. • A distinguished record of scholarly research, education, mentoring, and professional contribution that merits appointment as a tenured full professor at the University of Florida. • Evidence of successful leadership in a research-intensive university or comparably complex organization, including building collaborative, high-performing organizational cultures and developing faculty, staff, and emerging leaders. • Demonstrated ability to develop and articulate a compelling strategic vision to advance the reputation and ranking of the department by translating that vision into clear priorities, strategic investments and measurable outcomes. • Is skilled in the development and expansion of sponsored research programs, including fostering collaborative research and advancing high-impact programs. • Excellent communication, judgment, integrity, and relationship-building skills; ability to communicate and work effectively with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and external stakeholders. • Demonstrated commitment to student success and to a scholarly and working environment where people with varied backgrounds and perspectives can contribute and thrive. Job Description: The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites nominations and applications for Department Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. Reporting to the Dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, the Chair will provide strategic, intellectual, and administrative leadership for an internationally visible research and education enterprise. The successful candidate will be an accomplished scholar and an effective organizational leader with a strong record of externally funded research who can substantially improve the department's recognition and ranking, develop a clear vision for international impact and connect the department's strengths to consequential opportunities for Florida and the world. The selected leader will join the Dean's leadership team and will be expected to advance both the department and the college, contribute to university priorities, and engage constructively with the state, nation, and profession. HWCOE Electrical and Computer Engineering at Glance • More than 1,600 enrolled students and 54 tenure-track faculty members. • $34 million in research expenditures in FY2025, with ten institutes or centers led or co-led by ECE faculty. • 28 Fellows of the IEEE, AAAS and ACM and 28 Endowed Faculty positions • The graduate program is ranked No. 20 among public universities in the 2026 U.S. News rankings. • The department's broad portfolio reaches from artificial intelligence and machine learning, communications, computing, cybersecurity, robotics, hardware security, microelectronics, semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, metrology, to power electronics and connected systems. Leadership charge Strategic and intellectual leadership. Co-create a departmental direction with measurable goals for scholarship, research, education, talent, infrastructure, reputation, entrepreneurship and impact. Balance foundational fields with emerging opportunities in AI, semiconductors, cybersecurity, communications, computing, sensing, autonomy, quantum engineering, and connected systems, and has a high personal research reputation Faculty and staff success. Recruit, mentor, retain, evaluate, and recognize excellent faculty and staff. Build leadership capacity, support early- and mid-career development, and sustain a culture of openness, rigor, intellectual curiosity, and constructive accountability. Research and innovation. Grow high-impact research and sponsored activity; enable large interdisciplinary teams; improve proposal and project support; connect faculty to the institutes and centers; and advance technology transfer, standards, intellectual property, startups, and industry collaboration; raise the department's external research profile by connecting to major funding agencies. Education and student success. Lead continuous improvement of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, including accreditation, curriculum development, laboratory and design experiences, advising, doctoral mentoring, enrollment strategy, student well-being, completion, and career outcomes. External partnerships and advancement. Strengthen relationships with alumni, donors, semiconductor and electronics firms, computing and communications companies, national-security partners, government agencies, professional societies, and Florida's growing technology ecosystem, and enhance department fundraising capabilities Expected Salary: Commensurate with Education and Experience Required Qualifications: • An earned doctorate in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field. • A distinguished record of scholarly research, education, mentoring, and professional contribution that merits appointment as a tenured full professor at the University of Florida. • Evidence of successful leadership in a research-intensive university or comparably complex organization, including building collaborative, high-performing organizational cultures and developing faculty, staff, and emerging leaders. • Demonstrated ability to develop and articulate a compelling strategic vision to advance the reputation and ranking of the department by translating tha

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