Job Opportunities

Student Services Specialist 

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Position Summary: 

This position’s main purpose is to serve as the UNC (University of North Carolina) Student Services Coordinator of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. The Student Services Coordinator serves as the first point of contact for students enrolled in and seeking information about the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. The Students Services Coordinator organizes student events, leads student recruitment activities, and provides academic advice to students. The position also maintains student applications to the undergraduate and MS programs, collects and reports student data, facilitates student communication, coordinates student access, and manages course scheduling. The coordinator works with staff, faculty, and students in the UNC-CH division of the department to coordinate endeavors between the two campuses.

Accounting Technician 

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Position Summary:

The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is hiring a professional to manage pre- and post-award tasks and aid in BME administrative duties. Responsibilities include:

• Pre-award: Assisting in grant proposal development, budget creation, and compliance with sponsor guidelines and university regulations.
• Post-award: Handling re-budgeting, equipment acquisition, no-cost extensions, managing account numbers, processing financial transactions, budget projections, expense approvals, ledger reconciliation and grant closeouts.
• Collaborating with the research administration team on grants management.
• Auditing and approving grant payments, ensuring compliance with university, state, and federal policies and maintaining accurate documentation.

This role also involves assisting administrative staff and the Associate Chair of Administration as required.

Assistant Professor – Rehabilitation Engineering

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Position Summary: 

This position is for an Assistant Professor in areas related to Rehabilitation Engineering. Biomedical Engineering is a supportive and highly collaborative environment. Our mission is to improve human quality of life, personal and work environments, and rehabilitation products and processes through careful study, analysis, research, and design of innovative technologies to benefit the people of North Carolina, and others whom we serve. We seek outstanding candidates conducting research in any area of rehabilitation engineering, including, but not limited to, upper or lower extremity neuromechanics, applied biomechanics, assistive and rehabilitation technologies, neural technologies for enhancing sensorimotor function, and translation of rehabilitation technologies to clinical populations. Outstanding candidates at the interface of rehabilitation engineering and regenerative medicine are also encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will have already established a highly competitive independent research program or will have otherwise demonstrated the clear potential to do so. The candidate must have an interest in developing collaborations with both basic science researchers and clinical investigators. The applicant’s research should include a clear pathway to translational/implementation in human clinical populations. The selected candidate will have a primary appointment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with tenure home in the College of Arts and Sciences,and will have access to the resources at both UNC and NC State.

Teaching Assistant Professor

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Position Summary: 

UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is seeking applicants for a Teaching Assistant Professor in any of the five areas of department specialization, Pharmacoengineering, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation Engineering, Biosignals and Imaging or Medical Microdevices with preference given to Pharmacoengineering, Regenerative Medicine and Rehabilitation Engineering. This is a professional track faculty position with a focus on teaching and education. The individual must work productively and in a collaborative manner across all constituent BME entities, i.e. University of North Carolina College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the NC State University College of Engineering.

Lampe Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering

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Position Summary:

NC State and UNC seek to recruit a Professor of the Biomedical Engineering Department, who will join BME as a leader in contributing to the academic, scientific, and administrative advancement of the Joint Department. The recruitment of candidates to the Joint Department for this endowed professorship will be at the tenured, full professor level. The successful candidate is expected to bring an internationally recognized research program, a demonstrated ability to attract external funding, and the ability to teach BME courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is envisioned that the Lampe Professor will spearhead multi-disciplinary, multi-department, and/or multi-university initiatives focused on addressing key research challenges in Biomedical Engineering.