Thermal Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Hardware
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We are seeking a skilled Thermal Engineer to lead the design, development, and validation of thermal solutions for silicon validation systems. This role will also provide thermal-design support to other engineering teams at Apple.
Description
Thermal engineer will lead the end-to-end thermal solutions for Silicon validation, with responsibilities including:
- Defining thermal requirements and creating technical specifications
- Working with multi-functional teams to ensure successful system integration
- Lead external partners and projects to ensure interoperability of internal and external components and timely project completion
- Performing thermal analysis to identify effective cooling solutions
- Design validation and characterization from prototype bring-up to product testing
- Conducting thermal testing, process temperature, and power data to assess and validate cooling solutions
- Participating in the investigation of new technologies and proof-of-concept experiments
- Driving failure analysis and design of experiments (DOEs) to implement corrective actions and design improvements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience designing, simulation, and validating thermal design for high-powered Silicon devices with hotspots
- Proven understanding of key thermal technologies including heat sinks, heat pipe, vapor chamber, TIM materials, fans, Chiller and thermoelectric heaters
- Direct experience in CFD analysis and use of software: Icepak, Flotherm
- Ability to determine cooling requirements based on electrical specifications and usage scenarios
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of thermal design experience.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in thermal analysis and testing for electronic products or modules.
- Experience with high-speed, high-pin-count, high-power sockets is preferred.
- Understanding of PCB thermal modeling and Background in SOC, flip chip, PMIC thermal.
- Experience with testing and lab equipment, TTVs, Thermocouples, IR Camera, Stroboscopes, DAQ and wind tunnel testing, and thermal measurements
- Mechanical Design experience with CAD software: NX 3D CAD tool & Team Center
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and people skills; ability to interact with management, team members and external vendors.
- The candidate must be able to communicate well with cross-functional team members.
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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