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Sr. Staff Engineer, Thermal - AI Compute

San Diego, California, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead thermal architecture solutions, simulation, validation, and optimization for Qualcomm's Dragonfly™ AI300 platform and future AI computing platforms to enable industry-leading performance, efficiency, and reliability.

Role type

Senior Staff Thermal Engineer (AI Compute)

Builds

Thermal architecture and validation for high-power AI accelerators and data center platforms

Domain

Semiconductor packaging and thermal management for AI/HPC

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), thermal simulation, thermal testing and validation, thermal architecture design, cross-functional technical leadership, data analysis scripting

Preferred skills

High-performance computing cooling, liquid/air/hybrid cooling technologies, advanced semiconductor packaging (2.5D/3D), Python/C/C++/MATLAB, thermal interface materials, heat spreaders/vapor chambers/heat pipes

Technologies

ANSYS Icepak, Celsius EC, Flotherm, Python, C/C++, MATLAB

Responsibilities

Lead thermal architecture solutions through simulation and test; Perform thermal simulations utilizing CFD tools from silicon to data center environment; Drive direction and strategy discussions and conduct thermal design reviews; Conduct thermal tests to validate/characterize models; Analyze and document simulation and test results

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence