Senior Data Center Cooling Architect

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Data Center Cooling Systems Engineer to advance efficient liquid-cooling solutions for high-density computing. This role spans rack, facility, and campus infrastructure to improve cooling performance, energy and water use, reliability, acoustics, and heat reuse.

The candidate will leverage CFD and thermal analysis to drive practical builds, test plans, and technology roadmaps. Strong collaboration with suppliers and research partners is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant data center cooling experience.
• Knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and refrigeration cycles.
• Experience with cooling equipment and energy/water optimization.
• Experience with CFD or fluid-network modeling tools.
• Ability to translate analysis into practical builds, tests, and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate liquid-cooling and pumped refrigeration systems for high-density computing.
• Link rack-level cooling to facility cooling, heat rejection, and plant controls.
• Use analysis and simulation to study thermal performance and system response.
• Compare options based on energy use, water use, reliability, and heat reuse potential.
• Collaborate with suppliers and researchers to advance cooling products.
• Plan tests, review results, and compare predictions with measurements.
• Turn findings into build requirements, architectures, and roadmaps.

Skills

Thermal engineering

Fluid mechanics

Heat transfer

Acoustics

Strong communication

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Thermal Engineering

Tools

Cadence Reality DC Build

Ansys

Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Flownex

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Data Center Cooling Systems Engineer to advance efficient liquid-cooling solutions for high-density computing. This role spans rack, facility, and campus infrastructure to improve cooling performance, energy and water use, reliability, acoustics, and heat reuse.

The candidate will leverage CFD and thermal analysis to drive practical builds, test plans, and technology roadmaps. Strong collaboration with suppliers and research partners is essential.