Jobs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Provide administrative, clerical, and financial support to the Mathematical Sciences Department, including budget tracking, processing transactions, hiring and supervising student employees, coordinating events and travel, maintaining records and communications, assisting with website updates, and serving as primary departmental contact.

The role involves conducting impactful research and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels in information systems and technology, focusing on analytics and AI applications.

The role involves conducting research, publishing work, and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels, focusing on work dynamics in the digital age.

The Assistant Director of Alumni Career Development designs alumni-focused career programming, fosters alumni-student engagement, and supports alumni career growth and employer partnerships.

Lead applied quantitative analyses and predictive modeling to inform institutional decisions. Develop, validate, and monitor models; produce reports, dashboards, and self-service tools; perform data discovery, ETL scripting, and documentation; collaborate with data stewards, IT, and campus leaders to ensure data quality, interpretability, and actionable insights that support student success and institutional planning.

Lead enrollment growth marketing strategy and execution across multichannel campaigns and CRM-enabled nurture programs to drive awareness, inquiries, and student pipeline growth. Manage a two-person team, oversee partnerships and experiential recruitment, optimize performance using analytics, attribution, and AI tools, and collaborate with Admissions and campus stakeholders to meet institutional enrollment goals.

Part-time temporary web developer to support departmental initiatives. Work on server-side (PHP/LAMP) and front-end (Angular) development, implement REST APIs, and design pages. Drupal familiarity and professional-quality page design preferred. 20 hours/week, Aug–Dec 2026, $22/hr.

Assist in developing a wound infection screener app and machine learning models for wound analysis using deep learning.

The Assistant Professor will conduct impactful research on blockchain technologies, engage in high-quality teaching, and collaborate across disciplines at WPI's Business School.

The Research Assistant will conduct experimental studies on droplet behavior and energy analysis of commercial buildings to promote clean energy solutions.

Coordinate joint computational and experimental research between WPI and Harvard on cortical neuron activation/inhibition using magnetic microstimulation. Simulate coil fields in dense cellular environments and collaborate with Professor Frieds team to support experiments and modeling efforts. Part-time, hybrid position through August 2026.

Process accounts payable transactions in Workday, verify invoices and expense reports (student, staff, faculty, relocation, PCard), maintain records, update student and supplier tax/banking information, respond to inquiries, and support the Accounts Payable Manager with routine and ad hoc payments.

Lead strategic, academic, and operational direction of the Business School: grow enrollment, oversee curriculum and accreditation, recruit and support faculty, manage a $7M+ budget and staff, expand research and industry partnerships, drive fundraising, and represent the school within university leadership.

Conduct CFD-focused research on indoor airflow, ventilation, and air distribution using ANSYS Fluent and OpenFOAM, combined with laboratory measurements and machine learning. Develop and validate simulation workflows, analyze data, publish peer-reviewed work, and collaborate with faculty and team members to apply modeling and AI tools to real building and indoor-environment problems.

Full-time one-year Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry courses and labs (six seven-week courses), mentor and possibly advise senior projects, engage in scholarship as possible, and participate in inclusive pedagogy. Requires Ph.D., undergraduate teaching experience, and submission of application materials including references.

Provide administrative support to the Aerospace Engineering Department (60%) and the School of Engineering (40%), including scheduling, event coordination, facilities and vendor liaison, onboarding, travel and expense processing, website and social media updates, reception duties, and marketing communications support.

Support the IT User Success and Experience team by coordinating projects across WPI: assist with planning, scheduling, stakeholder meetings, risk mitigation, change requests, deliverable quality, training materials, transition support, post-project evaluations, and administrative tasks.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Applied AI for Mechatronics and Controls. Teach undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering courses, build an externally funded research program, and apply AI/deep learning to mechatronics, control, intelligent sensing, perception, and cyber-physical systems. Collaborate with the Robotics Engineering Department and pursue multidisciplinary applications such as autonomous systems, smart health, and advanced manufacturing.

The Operations Manager will manage day-to-day operations of the Business School, adhering to policies, overseeing budget administration, and supporting staff needs.

Administer and optimize enrollment communications platforms (primarily Salesforce Marketing Cloud): configure journeys, automations, data extensions, reports, email sends; build CRM-integrated forms; manage ETL processes; create SOPs and training; troubleshoot deliverability and data issues.