CareerPlan

Staff Thermal Engineer

San Diego, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$160k–$240k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and validate thermal solutions for automotive chipset modules, resolving complex heat management challenges from concept to production.

Role type

Staff thermal engineer (automotive electronics cooling)

Builds

Automotive chipset packaging and thermal management systems

Domain

Automotive electronics / Thermal engineering

Required skills

Heat transfer fundamentals, CFD simulation (ANSYS-Icepak, Flotherm), thermal experiment design and execution, thermal materials knowledge, PCB/component placement design, data analysis scripting (Python, C/C++)

Preferred skills

Automotive industry cooling experience, liquid cooling systems, 3D CAD (Solidworks, Pro/ENGINEER), debugging test platforms

Technologies

ANSYS-Icepak, Flotherm, Python, C/C++, Solidworks, Pro/ENGINEER

Responsibilities

Support thermal/mechanical projects from concept to production; design, set up, and run thermal experiments; conduct research on thermal materials and solutions; manage technical projects across the organization; perform thermal simulations for product-level solutions

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship