Battery Thermal Engineer — CFD & Multiphysics

Artech; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Artech is seeking a Battery Modeling specialist on-site in Cupertino, CA. You will perform thermal modeling for all products and work closely with the Product Design team from early stages to guide design with thermal insights.

Day-to-day work includes developing advanced thermo-fluid and multi-physics models of cells and packs, translating power maps to thermal outputs, and running CFD simulations while collaborating with test labs and CAE vendors.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD with 3 years of industry experience.
• Mechanical engineering background with CFD and thermal modeling.
• Expert AEDT Ansys/ICEpak in AEDT.
• Python or scripting language proficiency.
• Prior work experience at the client or in the client's industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop state-of-the-art thermal and multi-physics finite volume models of cell, pack, and subsystems.
• Provide design and trade-off guidance to Product Design teams through early-stage simulations.
• Generate models to convert power maps into thermal outputs.
• Perform advanced thermal/CFD simulations to understand boundary conditions.
• Use best-in-class tools and solvers to produce simulation models and results.
• Work with test and reliability labs to develop physical test methods.
• Collaborate with system teams on detailed sub-models for assembly-level simulations.
• Develop optimized workflows and reusable templates for regular thermal simulations.
• Develop and implement thermal modeling best practices.
• Work with CAE vendors to drive functionality improvements.
• Explore new analysis types and solutions, including topological optimization.
• Extract Reduced Order Models from CFD simulations to speed up exploratory studies.

Skills

CFD and thermal modeling

AEDT

Icepak in AEDT

Python scripting

Client-facing experience

Education

MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

NX

Comsol

Job description

Artech is seeking a Battery Modeling specialist on-site in Cupertino, CA. You will perform thermal modeling for all products and work closely with the Product Design team from early stages to guide design with thermal insights.

Day-to-day work includes developing advanced thermo-fluid and multi-physics models of cells and packs, translating power maps to thermal outputs, and running CFD simulations while collaborating with test labs and CAE vendors.