Lead Thermal Engineer, Data Center & AI HPC Cooling

Lenovo Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) seeks an experienced Thermal Engineer to lead the development and qualification of advanced thermal solutions for next-gen server and rack infrastructure deployed in cloud data centers. This role covers thermal architecture, CFD modeling, cooling solution development, and system-level validation across compute, storage, and GPU platforms.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in server thermal engineering, airflow optimization, liquid and air

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in thermal engineering, preferably for servers/data center infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of server architecture and cooling subsystems.
• Hands-on experience with server thermal, power, airflow and performance validation testing.
• Experience using CFD/thermal simulation tools such as ANSYS Icepak or FloTHERM.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and qualify thermal solutions for rack and server infrastructure.
• Own server- and rack-level thermal architecture from concept to production readiness.
• Design and optimize thermal management using air- and liquid-cooling technologies.
• Perform CFD simulations to evaluate airflow, heat distribution, and component temperatures.
• Correlate simulations with test results and drive model accuracy improvements.
• Lead root-cause analysis and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Thermal engineering

CFD simulations

Server cooling

CFD tools (ANSYS Icepak/FloTHERM)

Data center infra

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS Icepak

FloTHERM

Job description

Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) seeks an experienced Thermal Engineer to lead the development and qualification of advanced thermal solutions for next-gen server and rack infrastructure deployed in cloud data centers. This role covers thermal architecture, CFD modeling, cooling solution development, and system-level validation across compute, storage, and GPU platforms.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in server thermal engineering, airflow optimization, liquid and air