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Sr. Thermal Engineer, Liquid Cooling Systems

San Jose💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-14 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead design and optimization of liquid cooling systems for high-performance data center products and frontier AI inference hardware.

Role type

Senior IC thermal engineer (liquid cooling)

Builds

High-performance data center racks and inference-focused AI systems

Domain

Data center infrastructure / Frontier AI hardware

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

water cooling system design, thermal simulation, direct-to-processor cooling, thermal interface material (TIM) selection, heat exchanger design, phase change cooling concepts, testing and validation of thermal systems

Preferred skills

advanced degrees in thermal management, experience with internal manifolds and quick disconnects

Technologies

thermal simulation tools, water cooling components (CDUs, heat exchangers, manifolds)

Responsibilities

Lead design of water cooling solutions including CDUs and heat exchangers; conduct thermal simulations to guide system optimization; evaluate and select TIMs; oversee testing and validation of thermal management systems; create and maintain design documentation; collaborate with cross-functional teams on system integration

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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