Associate Thermal R&D Engineer

Amphenol Corporation; Yocumtown (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is seeking a Thermal R&D Engineer to join the Power Solutions R&D team in the United States. You will develop thermal models, run CFD simulations, and correlate results with test data to drive thermal management for our power products.

The role requires hands-on experience with ANSYS Icepak or FloTHERM, strong heat transfer knowledge, and ability to present complex findings to cross-functional teams, customers, and

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.

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

CFD simulations

thermal analysis

heat transfer

thermal management

Creo

SolidWorks

Ansys Icepak

FloTHERM

EIA standards

UL standards

communication

cross-functional teams

mechanical design

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

MS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

SolidWorks

ANSYS Icepak

FloTHERM

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

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 Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

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/