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Other Academic Staff
  • Job Number: 25585
  • Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty)
  • Department: D-Lab
  • School Area: Architecture & Planning
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  • Employment Type: Part-Time
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: NGA


Posting Description

INSTRUCTOR, MIT D-Lab, works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges, seeks a skilled and experienced instructor to co-teach the MIT class EC.729/2.729/EC.797/2.789 Design for Scale, an upper-level, 12-unit mechanical engineering class focused on the late stages of product design and manufacturing for users in low-income settings. The class is taught annually during MIT’s fall semester (September through mid-December). Responsible to identify three to five class projects with established businesses, start-ups, and community partners in low- and middle-income countries such as India, Tanzania, or Nicaragua. Will offer input on pedagogy and syllabus design, co-teach, and be a thought partner for class direction based on the projects and student experience. Partial funding is available for some student travel and out-of-country fieldwork related to this class over the January Independent Activities Period 

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree; a minimum of three years of relevant manufacturing and/or product design experience; experience applying design for manufacturability; hands-on expertise with mechanical fabrication; expertise with value chain and other non-technical constraints with building appropriate products, and excellent organizational, time-management, and oral and written communication skills. PREFERRED: Master’s degree in engineering or an equivalent professional degree in engineering; experience in engineering, design, and/or manufacturing in low-income international settings; or experience working with students in a project-based environment.   

Part time job and one semester position, subject to renewal.

3/24/2026