Liquid and Air Cooling Engineer
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Description and Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Support system-level thermal design and validation for server products, with primary focus on liquid cooling thermal solutions; candidates with strong air-cooling experience are also considered.
- Perform system thermal and acoustic testing, develop test plans, execute validation, analyze test results, and identify potential thermal risks.
- Run thermal simulation and analysis to evaluate thermal feasibility and support system design optimization.
- Work with the BMC / software team to develop and validate fan speed control strategies.
- Support thermal design activities for liquid cooling systems, including components such as CDU, pumps, piping, cold plates, and related cooling components.
- Conduct root cause analysis for thermal and acoustic issues during NPI development and sustaining phases, and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
- Work closely with Mechanical Engineering, BMC, and other engineering teams to optimize system performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability.
- Collaborate with thermal component suppliers, including fan, heat sink, and liquid cooling solution vendors, to support component evaluation and qualification.
- Participate in regular customer technical meetings and communicate directly with the customer's thermal engineering counterparts on design status, technical issues, test results, and follow-up actions.
- Support approximately one NPI project and one sustaining project concurrently, depending on project assignment.
- Follow and continuously learn internal thermal design processes, product development processes, specifications, and engineering practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Energy Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 3+ years of relevant thermal engineering experience, ideally around 5 years.
- Hands-on experience in system-level thermal design, thermal simulation, and thermal testing.
- Good understanding of fan speed control strategy and system thermal design methodology.
- Experience with server thermal design is preferred; candidates from PC or workstation thermal engineering backgrounds can also be considered.
- Experience in liquid cooling is highly preferred, but strong air-cooling experience is acceptable.
- Familiarity with thermal/acoustic issue debugging and root cause analysis.
- Able to work effectively with cross-functional teams such as Mechanical Engineering and BMC/Firmware.
- Able to communicate in English in technical discussions and customer meetings. Fluent English is not required, but the candidate should be comfortable listening and speaking in meetings.
- Willing to participate in occasional customer meetings outside regular working hours when necessary.
- Occasional business travel may be required, approximately once per year depending on project needs.