Senior Principal Thermal Engineer: Liquid-Cooling Leader

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 367,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing Benefits

Professional Development Programs

Inclusive workplace culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Principal Thermal Engineer with a strong background in advanced liquid cooling for high‑performance networking, compute, and data-center hardware. You will define organization-wide thermal architectures and lead complex programs from concept through production.

The role requires deep CFD knowledge, system-level design, and the ability to influence executive decisions across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering experience at Senior Principal level.
• Expertise in liquid cooling for high‑performance hardware.
• Proven impact across NPIs and product architectures.

Responsibilities

• Establish and define organization-wide thermal architectures and validation practices.
• Lead system-level thermal architecture from concept to manufacturing ramp.
• Perform and direct thermal-fluid CFD modeling and correlate with test data.
• Define fluid, thermal, reliability, and safety requirements for cooling systems.
• Mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams to optimize performance.

Skills

Thermal engineering

Liquid cooling

CFD/thermal modeling

System-level design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Thermal Sciences

Tools

FloTHERM

FloEFD

Macroflow

SolidWorks

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Principal Thermal Engineer with a strong background in advanced liquid cooling for high‑performance networking, compute, and data-center hardware. You will define organization-wide thermal architectures and lead complex programs from concept through production.

The role requires deep CFD knowledge, system-level design, and the ability to influence executive decisions across multiple teams.