The Department of Biosystems Engineering (www.eng.auburn.edu/bsen) of the College of Agriculture at Auburn University is seeking applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Digital Agriculture. This faculty position will be a nine-month, tenure-track position with 60% research and 40% teaching appointment. The projected start date is August 1, 2025.

Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a nationally recognized program in digital agriculture that address critical challenges in agricultural and forestry production, pest/disease management such as precision agriculture and precision forestry, sensing, robotics, machine learning and AI data approaches, and high-throughput phenotyping. The successful candidate will be expected to secure extramural funding to support his/her research programs and to train graduate students. The successful candidate will also be expected to collaborative effectively with departmental faculty, and extensively with colleagues within the Colleges of Agriculture, and Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Sciences, who conduct research and extension work in production agriculture and forest operations. Instructional responsibilities will include teaching existing undergraduate and graduate level precision agriculture courses as well as developing new courses. In addition, the successful candidate will provide academic advising and career counseling for biosystems engineering students; transfer results of the scholarly program through recognized and peer reviewed outlets; and provide leadership to the profession through state and national professional society participation. The successful candidate is expected to be involved in departmental, college, and university committee service.