Thermal Engineering Technical Leader
Core
Lead the design, simulation, validation, and production readiness of product-level liquid and air-cooled thermal solutions for high-performance networking and compute platforms.
Role type
Senior IC Thermal Engineering Technical Leader
Builds
Liquid cooling systems (cold plates, CDUs, manifolds, pumps) and air-cooled solutions (heat pipes, vapor chambers) for Cisco ASIC, optical, and power systems.
Domain
Networking hardware / Thermal management / Electronics cooling
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Thermal/mechanical design for electronics, Liquid cooling system design, Air-cooled solution design, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), Simulation-to-test correlation, Thermal data acquisition and validation, Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Microelectronics thermal management, Productizing liquid cooling solutions, Component packaging knowledge (BGA, Flip Chip, 2.5D/3D IC), System reliability analysis
Technologies
CFD, Thermal data acquisition tools, Cold plates, CDUs, Heat pipes, Vapor chambers
Responsibilities
Define design parameters for thermal solutions, Correlate physical testing with simulation models, Roadmap next-generation thermal strategies, Improve qualification and specification standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC