Associate Thermal R&D Engineer

Amphenol ICC; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol ICC is seeking a Thermal R&D Engineer within the Power Solutions R&D team. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to develop the latest thermal technology for the Power Solutions portfolio, providing thermal modeling, CFD simulations, and lab correlation.

The role emphasizes test correlation, design guidance for power applications, and robust communication with internal and external engineering teams to drive thermal management across product development.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years CFD simulation and thermal analysis experience.
• Experience with direct liquid cooling is a plus.
• Proficient with ANSYS Icepak or FloTHERM.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate modeling, thermal simulations, and characterization of power products and system architecture.
• Correlate simulation results with test data.
• Provide design guidance and consideration to customers on power applications against their design requirements.
• Perform design feasibility experiments and verifications to determine thermal impact of product solutions.
• Build technical relationships with our customer's engineering and thermal teams.
• Provide world class technical support to our customers.

Skills

Thermal analysis

CFD simulations

Thermal management

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

MS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS Icepak

FloTHERM

PTC Creo

SolidWorks

Job description

As a Thermal R&D Engineer on our Power Solutions R&D engineering team, you will work in collaboration within the cross‑functional team and with customers to develop the latest technology for the Power Solutions product portfolio. This position will provide thermal engineering support to our team and our customer's program, and associated engineers. The role is responsible for the use of thermal models/analyses, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, and lab test correlation to drive thermal management of our product development and product solutions for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate modeling, thermal simulations, and characterization of power products and system architecture
• Correlate simulation results with test data
• Provide design guidance and consideration to customers on power applications against their design requirements.
• Perform design feasibility experiments and verifications to determine thermal impact of product solutions.
• Build technical relationships with our customer's engineering and thermal teams.
• Provide world class technical support to our customers.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in CFD simulation and thermal analysis.
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer, thermal dynamics, thermal management of electronics, and advanced electronic cooling methods and thermal compliance testing standards.
• Experience with direct liquid cooling is a plus.
• Familiar with commercial CFD tools, including ANSYS Icepak and/or similar software package (e.g., FloTHERM)
• Familiar with EIA, UL standards
• Proficient in mechanical design and 3D modeling using PTC Creo (formerly Pro/ENGINEER) and/or SolidWorks.
• Strong skills of presenting thermal solutions and thermal analysis results to internal design teams, high level leadership, and external customers engineering teams.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to express technical content clearly and concisely, work with cross‑functional teams, including mechanical engineers, marketing, sales, etc.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/