Thermal Simulation Engineer

Vesoma; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vesoma in Munich is seeking a Thermal Simulation Engineer to own the thermal performance of our physical AI robotics platform. You will work with founders and leadership to define the thermal architecture, handling transient spikes, airflow, and cooling strategies to keep robots reliable under real duty cycles.

We value hands-on experts with 5+ years in thermal engineering and CFD for robotics or aerospace, experienced with CFD tools and CAD/FEA, and who thrive bridging mechanical, electrical

Qualifications

• 5+ years in thermal engineering and CFD in robotics, aerospace or automotive.
• Expert-level CFD for airflow and cooling analysis, validated against measurements.
• Experience with cooling system design including fans, ducts and heat sinks.

Responsibilities

• Transient Thermal Analysis: Model transient thermal events during peak actuator loads and duty-cycle spikes.
• CFD & Cooling System Design: Run CFD simulations of airflow through cooling ducts and heat sinks for active and passive cooling architectures.
• System-Level Thermal Management: Define thermal budgets across the robot and translate them into cooling requirements for mechanical, electrical and actuator teams.
• Validation Rigor: Correlate simulation results with physical thermal testing to refine model accuracy.

Skills

Transient thermal analysis

Heat transfer modeling

High-performance robotics experience

Tools

Ansys Fluent

Icepak

CATIA

Fusion 360

Job description

Your mission

The role
As a Thermal Simulation Engineer, you enter as a key member of the early team and own the thermal performance of our physical AI. You will work directly with the founders and senior leadership to define the thermal architecture of our robots. From transient spikes during peak actuator loads to the airflow inside our cooling ducts, you make sure every watt of heat finds its way out - keeping our robots reliable under the real duty cycles a demo will never show you.

Your profile

Key responsibilities

• Transient Thermal Analysis: Model the transient thermal events that define real humanoid operation - actuator peak loads, duty-cycle heat spikes and thermal soak - not just steady state.
• CFD & Cooling System Design: Run CFD simulations of airflow through cooling ducts and heat sinks, covering both active (fan-driven) and passive (natural convection) cooling architectures.
• System-Level Thermal Management: Define thermal budgets across the robot and translate them into concrete cooling requirements for the mechanical, electrical and actuator teams.
• Validation Rigor: Correlate simulation results with physical thermal testing (thermal imaging, sensor logging) to continuously refine model accuracy.

Who we are looking for

We seek builders ready to move beyond demos to real-world deployment - professionals who value precision and reliability as much as innovation.

• Experience: 5+ years in thermal engineering and CFD in high-performance robotics, aerospace or automotive, with a track record of cooling architectures that held up under real transient peak loads in physical hardware.
• Core Skills: Expert-level CFD and transient thermal simulation, backed by hands-on cooling system design. In detail:
• CFD: Expert command of CFD tools (e.g. Ansys Fluent/Icepak or comparable) for airflow and active/passive cooling analysis - validated against physical airflow and temperature measurements, not just mesh convergence.
• Transient Thermal Simulation: Deep expertise in modeling thermal behavior under dynamic, high-peak-power operating conditions, where the worst case is a spike, not an average.
• Cooling System Design: Practical knowledge of fan selection, duct design, heat sink design and passive convection cooling - in architectures that shipped and held up under real duty cycles.
• CAD & FEA: Comfortable in CAD (ideally CATIA and Fusion 360) and in coupling thermal results with structural/FEA workflows.
• Mindset: You balance the agility of a startup with the professional rigor required for a global industrial player. You bridge the mechanical, electrical and software teams rather than working in a modeling silo, and you iterate until predicted and measured behavior match.

Why us?

• The Team: Work alongside leadership with a proven track record of building unicorn-scale companies and defining global robotics standards.

• Smart Strategy: We operate as disciplined fast followers. Capital is timed to the deployment inflection point, avoiding early‑mover dead ends to scale fast on proven foundations.

• Resources: We are substantially internally funded and attract top‑tier investors to avoid any capital constraints for our mission.

• Historic Opportunity: Join at the dawn of a new industry comparable to the rise of the automobile. Help shape the European champion in this trillion‑dollar market.