- San Francisco
- Senior
- 7+ years
Lead thermal design and validation for AI-native silicon and data center hardware.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize thermal solutions for data center hardware, including chips, power modules, and system-level cooling architectures
- Evaluate thermal performance at the chip, package, and board levels, addressing challenges related to power density, heat dissipation, and thermal interface materials
- Perform thermal modeling and simulation to predict temperature profiles and identify thermal bottlenecks
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate thermal management strategies into hardware design, from concept to mass production
- Support lab testing and validation, including the setup of thermal experiments, data acquisition, and troubleshooting of thermal performance issues
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
- Nice to have: 10+ years of industry experience in thermal design, simulation, and validation for IT hardware
- Nice to have: extensive experience with data center hardware or high-performance computing systems at scale
- Nice to have: advanced cooling technologies
- Nice to have: thermal control algorithms