Application Engineer - Data Center

Yinlun TDI LLC; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

Medical, dental, vision, life ins.

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Yinlun TDI LLC is seeking an Application Engineer to support its Data Center Thermal Management business in North America. The role serves as a technical bridge between customers, sales, and global engineering teams, translating requirements into practical cooling solutions for AI servers and HPC.

The successful candidate will have a solid engineering background in thermal management, hands-on experience with liquid cooling technologies, and the ability to collaborate across international teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years in application engineering or related role.
• Strong understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers for data center cooling applications.
• Support the integration of liquid cooling components, heat exchangers, and cold plates.
• Participate in customer meetings, product presentations, and design reviews.
• Review specifications, drawings, and requirements for feasibility and suitability.
• Coordinate with global engineering, R&D, and manufacturing teams to develop custom solutions.
• Support technical proposals, quotations, and engineering documentation.
• Track projects from evaluation to qualification and implementation.
• Monitor emerging data center cooling technologies for future development.

Skills

Application engineering

Thermal management

Heat transfer

Fluid dynamics

Customer communication

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related

Job description

Description

Job Title: Application Engineer - Data Center

Location: Fremont, CA (Onsite)

Company: Yinlun TDI LLC

About Yinlun TDI LLC

Yinlun TDI LLC is a leading provider of advanced thermal management solutions for the U.S. automotive, commercial truck, and off highway markets. Following the acquisition by Zhejiang Yinlun Co., Ltd., Yinlun TDI has further strengthened its engineering expertise and manufacturing capabilities in the United States.

Headquartered in Houston, TX, Yinlun TDI LLC maintains sales and engineering facilities in California, Michigan, and Illinois. With strong support from our parent company, we are well positioned for continued growth across conventional heat exchangers, hybrid, electric vehicle (EV), and autonomous driving sectors.

Yinlun TDI LLC is an ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 certified manufacturer of heat exchangers and fluid cooling components for automotive, commercial truck, bus, and industrial markets

Position Overview

We are seeking an Application Engineer to support our growing Data Center Thermal Management business in North America.

This role serves as a technical bridge between customers, sales teams, and global engineering teams, supporting the development and application of advanced cooling solutions for AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and data center infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, experience with thermal management or liquid cooling technologies, and the ability to translate customer technical requirements into practical engineering solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers for data center thermal management and cooling applications.
• Support the application and integration of liquid cooling components, heat exchangers, cold plates, and related thermal management products.
• Participate in customer technical meetings, product presentations, design reviews, and engineering discussions.
• Review customer specifications, drawings, and technical requirements to evaluate product feasibility and application suitability.
• Coordinate with global engineering, R&D, and manufacturing teams to develop customized solutions.
• Support product selection, technical proposals, quotations, and engineering documentation.
• Track customer engineering projects from initial technical evaluation through product qualification and implementation.
• Monitor emerging data center cooling technologies and customer requirements to support future product development.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in application engineering, thermal management, product engineering, technical support, or a related engineering role.
• Understanding of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, cooling systems, or thermal management principles.
• Experience reviewing technical specifications, engineering drawings, and customer requirements.
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively with customers and internal engineering teams.
• Strong problem solving, project coordination, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Comfortable working directly with customers in a technical support or application engineering capacity.
• Ability to work effectively with international engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Mandarin Chinese is a plus.
• Manufacturing, technology, electronics, automotive, industrial, or data center experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and floating holidays
• Career growth opportunities in a fast-paced, global environment