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Senior Data Center Cooling Systems Engineer

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $184,000–$184,000🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop efficient liquid-cooling solutions for high-density computing across rack, facility, and campus infrastructure to improve cooling performance, energy use, water use, reliability, and heat reuse.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical/thermal systems engineer (data center cooling)

Builds

Liquid-cooling systems, reference architectures, supplier specifications, and technology roadmaps for high-density computing

Domain

Data center infrastructure + thermal-fluid engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, refrigeration cycles, thermal-hydraulic systems, CFD/fluid-network modeling, system simulation, test planning, technical requirements translation

Preferred skills

PhD in thermal/mechanical engineering, hyperscale data center experience, pumped two-phase refrigeration, flow boiling, low-GWP refrigerants, waste-heat recovery, standards/patents

Technologies

Cadence Reality DC Build, Ansys, Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+, Flownex

Responsibilities

Develop and evaluate single-phase liquid-cooling and pumped refrigeration systems; link rack-level cooling needs with facility cooling and plant controls; use engineering analysis and simulation to study thermal performance and fluid flow; compare build options based on energy, water, reliability, footprint, noise, and cost; partner with suppliers and research collaborators; plan tests and compare simulation predictions with measured performance; translate technical findings into build requirements and roadmaps

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with deep domain expertise

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