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Lead Thermal Design Engineer

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-07-31

Core

Leading thermal architecture, analysis, and validation for complex hardware platforms to ensure performance and reliability targets.

Role type

Lead Thermal Design Engineer

Builds

Cooling systems for high-power electronics including servers, storage, networking, and AI infrastructure

Domain

Hardware engineering / Thermal management / High-power electronics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

CFD, thermal modeling, thermal validation planning, root cause analysis, cross-functional leadership, technical risk communication

Preferred skills

Master's degree in Thermal Engineering, experience with AI infrastructure

Technologies

CFD tools, thermal simulation software

Responsibilities

Lead thermal design strategy for platform cooling systems, own advanced thermal simulation and analysis activities, define thermal validation scope and acceptance criteria, drive root cause analysis for thermal issues, identify thermal risks and develop mitigation plans, mentor junior engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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