Professor in Design of User Experience

**YOUR CAREER AT ÉTS**:

École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is a rapidly evolving university in engineering and technology located in downtown Montreal. ÉTS offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on applied engineering as well as state-of-the-art research infrastructure. ÉTS is also home to the Centech, a business incubator, offering support services for researchers wishing to commercialize their research.By joining l’ÉTS, you will be joining a team of highly active professors and researchers in the school’s various research chairs, labs, institutes and groups. Your work will make a tangible contribution to scientific progress and the development of Quebec’s productivity and competitiveness, as well as the training of a highly qualified workforce.As part of the objectives of its 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, ÉTS aims to create new programs in emerging technological fields outside engineering, such as user experience design (UX), in order to increase interdisciplinarity in programs and the impact of innovation within society.What we offer:

- A start-up and an equipment fund to support your scientific career
- Financial support for research and teaching (supervision of student’s recognition, teaching credits, correction help, etc.)
- A personalized onboarding process
- A structure to promote your research as well as networking activities to make yourself known and help you recruit students.
- A work environment favorable to your career development, for both research and teaching.
- A mentor program for all faculty members offered at your arrival and throughout your career.
- Support for the immigration process and a relocation program for your family
- A full-course program to learn French.

**OUR DESIGN DEPARTEMENT**:
**ABOUT THE POSITION**:
Applications in design are welcome in one or more of the following specialties:

- Design for public policies ;
- Material interface design ;
- Voice interface design ;
- Design for transition (digital materiality) ;
- Sound design ;
- Human factors and ergonomics;
- Qualitative or mixed methods from the social sciences;
- Data science ;
- Cognitive science;
- Design science as applied to academic research.

Strengths: knowledge of _maker_ culture, enthusiasm for prototyping of all kinds, ability to collaborate.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
As part of a dynamic research team, you will:

- Teach at undergraduate and graduate levels in one or more of the fields mentioned above;
- Supervise master’s and doctoral students,
- Ability to undertake a research process and request the necessary funding from Quebec, Canadian or international government organizations, industrialists, municipalities, or foundations;
- Carry out subsidized or contractual research projects with industry and workplaces;
- Develop research programs.

**REQUIREMENT**:

- Demonstrate aptitude or interest in teaching;
- Have industrial experience or research experience in close collaboration with industry (an asset);
- Be proficient in French (oral and written), in compliance with the ÉTS Language Policy (in French), or demonstrate a willingness to learn French and enter into a French learning program with the support of ÉTS.

**START DATE**:**SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION**:
In case of a disability, we may offer accommodation measures during the hiring process.
- An automated (dynamic) table of contents;
- A cover letter;
- Your resume;
- A statement of your teaching objectives or your vision for the development of a UX design program;
- Your research plan, or a plan of your major projects carried out in industry that can be adapted to academia;
- A sample of your research achievements (e.g.: recent scientific articles).

**COMPENSATION**:
This is a tenure-track position. The process and **benefits**will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement convention collective de l’Association des professeurs de l’ÉTS (APÉTS).

**IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS**: