Sr. Staff Thermal Design Engineer
Core
Lead end-to-end thermal design, architecture, and validation of next-generation AI XPU computing platforms, including silicon-level, server-level, and 100kW+ liquid-cooled rack deployments.
Role type
Senior Staff Thermal Design Engineer (AI Hardware)
Builds
Production-ready AI servers and racks with air-cooled and liquid-cooled thermal-fluid systems.
Domain
AI Hardware / Thermal Management / Liquid Cooling
Required skills
Thermal-fluid design, CFD modeling, flow network analysis, liquid cooling hardware qualification, air-cooled thermal management, lab instrumentation, stress testing, hydraulic balancing, material compatibility evaluation
Preferred skills
1D hydraulic network simulation, 3D mechanical CAD, Open Compute Project (OCP) standards, thermal interface materials, advanced packaging thermal constraints
Technologies
Simcenter Flotherm, Flotherm XT, Ansys Icepak, Ansys Fluent, Flownex, Flowmaster, PTC Creo, SolidWorks, Siemens NX, Keysight, Graphtec
Responsibilities
Lead thermal-fluid design and development of liquid cooling hardware (cold plates, manifolds, UQDs, tubing); Define and select liquid cooling infrastructure (CDUs); Perform fluid dynamics and flow network analysis; Evaluate fluid compatibility and long-term reliability; Design and optimize air-cooled thermal solutions; Build 3D CFD models and 1D hydraulic network simulations; Architect thermal/fluid lab setups and execute performance testing; Partner with Mechanical, Electrical, Packaging, and Reliability teams
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC
