Thermal Engineer

Aeva; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aeva is seeking a Thermal Analysis Engineer to assess and optimize the thermal performance of its products. The role focuses on developing thermal models for forced-air cooled systems and providing actionable design feedback to improve performance.

The candidate will design and evaluate convective and conductive thermal solutions, including fans, heatsinks, vapor chambers, TIMs, and TECs, leveraging CFD to reduce runtime and enhance reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with thermal analysis in complex systems.
• Proficient in CFD modeling with FloEFD (Siemens).
• Experience with convection cooling, heatsinks, TIMs and TECs.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Ability to optimize CFD runtimes via meshing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Developing and running thermal models of forced air cooled systems.
• Providing design feedback via plots and screenshots of thermal behavior and air flow, with recommendations for improvements.
• Designing convective thermal solutions including fans, heatsinks, and vapor chambers, as well as conductive solutions including TIMs and TECs.

Skills

Thermal analysis

CFD modeling

Air flow visualization

Thermal management design

Heat transfer

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens FloEFD

SolidWorks

Job description

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.

About us

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Thermal Analysis Engineer to analyze thermal performance of our products and help optimize the design to improve thermal performance.

What you'll do:

• Developing and running thermal models of forced air cooled systems
• Providing design feedback via plots and screenshots of thermal behavior and air flow, along with recommendations for how to improve performance.
• Designing convective thermal solutions including fans, heatsinks, and vapor chambers, along with conductive thermal solutions including TIMs and TECs

What you have:

• 5+ years of experience with thermal analysis and modeling of complex systems including silicon packages, PCBs, and fans
• Proficiency modeling CFD in Siemens FloEFD including transient and steady state analysis
• Understanding of CFD model optimization for reducing run time (meshing strategy, feature resolution, understanding how different components affect the thermal stack, etc)
• Experience debugging complex models with multiple boundary conditions including solar loading, pressure inlets/outlets, and fixed temperature cabinet walls
• Experience in designing, speccing, and implementing passive and active thermal management solutions
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Nice to have

• Experience with Multiphysics analysis techniques such as thermal expansion in structural simulation, outputting model results into optical analysis (STOP), etc.
• Experience designing thermal solutions for automotive components
• Deep understanding of the thermomechanical properties and failure modes of glass, laminated composite structures, ceramics, polymers, metals, and adhesives
• Solidworks modeling experience