Jobs at the ATLAS Institute
We post open positions at the ATLAS Institute here. Please also review positions on the CU Boulder jobs board. Those interested in a faculty role at ATLAS are encouraged to review the College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty Careers page for more information and guidance.
CU Boulder and the ATLAS Institute are committed to sustaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive academic setting, and we welcome qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Lecturer Appointments
Each semester, the ATLAS Institute hires lecturers to teach a variety of courses to undergraduate and graduate students on topics in engineering, creative technology and design. Lecturers are hired on a semester-by-semester/course-by-course basis and are not permanent faculty, but are nevertheless highly valued members of the ATLAS Institute and participate in academic community activities beyond classroom teaching.
Qualifications: Lecturers must have a graduate degree and/or advanced experience in their field of expertise that qualifies them to teach the particular course(s) for which they are hired.
Requirements: Your key responsibilities will be teaching in person, online or a combination specific to the course.
Compensation: As of January 1, 2025, compensation ranges from $8,356.00 to $9,470 per 3-credit course (33% appointment), depending on the teaching assignment and lecturer’s qualifications.
Benefits: Appointments of 50% or greater are eligible for benefits with the exception of retirement benefits as outlined on the Benefit Eligibility Matrix. Lecturers are eligible for prorated employee sick leave, earned monthly. Lecturers are at-will employees and not eligible for tenure.
Examples of topics our lecturers teach include:
- Big Data Architecture
- Computational Foundations
- Physical Computing
- User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX)
- Full-stack Web Development
- Mixed Reality (Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality)
Needs fluctuate from each semester. If you have an interest in teaching with ATLAS, we encourage you to reach out to share your areas of specialization rather than being confined by the list above. Interested applicants should email a letter of interest as well as their resume/CV to cuatlas@colorado.edu by November 15, 2024.
Staff Employment
All permanent and temporary staff openings are listed on the CU Boulder Jobs board. Search with the keyword ATLAS. More information is available on the CU Careers website.
Open Positions
Open positions with the ATLAS Instiutute are listed below. For additional information, search CU Boulder Jobs and/or the College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty Careers page.
"Something in Residence"
Are you a visionary thinker and a creative explorer? Do you seek an environment where radical creativity and invention are celebrated? Do you create fascinating things with computation?
If so, the ATLAS Institute's undergraduate Creative Technology and Design program invites you to apply for our “Something in Residence” – an exciting opportunity to transform ingenious ideas into reality through teaching, research, and play.
Join a dynamic community of creative technologists—researchers, artists, engineers, and innovators working together to transform the future.
Pedagogical Practice: Support our academic community by teaching up to two courses related to your expertise and creative practice. (For Spring 2024, the CTD program is specifically looking for creative practitioners with teaching experience in creative computation.)
Creative Practice: Produce cross-disciplinary projects, collaborations, events, and/or other forms of community engagement that go beyond the confines of traditional departments. These may include:
- A semester-long creative project
- Mentorship within an ATLAS Studio/Teaching Lab
- Create and run a community event
- Curation of a workshop series
We seek applicants enthusiastic about pushing the boundaries of creativity and invention.
Ideal candidates have:
- A contagious enthusiasm about sharing your areas of expertise.
- A strong, intrinsic motivation and dedication to making a lasting impact through your creative work.
- Desire to teach creative computation in accessible and imaginative ways.
- A record of high-quality, captivating teaching through interactive, project-based pedagogy.
This residency runs during CU Boulder's academic semesters: Spring (January–May); Fall (August–December)
For Spring 2024, ATLAS seeks applicants for our "Something in Residence" program focused on creative computation and will be accepting applications through December 15, 2023. Applicants will receive a response by December 22.
We will continue to accept applications for future semesters on a rolling basis.