Senior Thermal & Thermo-Mechanical Engineer (Contract)

TylSemi, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

TylSemi, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Staff Thermal & Thermo-Mechanical Analysis Engineer (Contractor) to lead thermal design for AI data-center hardware. You will own end-to-end thermal integrity across chip, package, and system levels, including advanced cooling strategies and risk mitigation.

The role requires deep semiconductor thermal management expertise, experience with high-power AI/HPC workloads, and collaboration across hardware teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in thermal and structural analysis of semiconductor packages and systems.

Responsibilities

• Build high-fidelity thermal models for silicon, packaging, and system levels.
• Predict and mitigate structural risks like warpage and thermal stress.
• Simulate transient thermal behavior under data center workloads.
• Develop cooling and mechanical mitigation techniques for high-power AI/HPC devices.
• Perform thermal modeling and CFD analysis for die, package, board, and system designs.
• Collaborate with Silicon Architecture, Package Design, and System Hardware teams.

Skills

Thermal analysis

Thermo-mechanical analysis

Data center workloads

Tools

Ansys Icepak

Cadence Celsius

Star-CCM+

FLOEFD

Job description

TylSemi, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Staff Thermal & Thermo-Mechanical Analysis Engineer (Contractor) to lead thermal design for AI data-center hardware. You will own end-to-end thermal integrity across chip, package, and system levels, including advanced cooling strategies and risk mitigation.

The role requires deep semiconductor thermal management expertise, experience with high-power AI/HPC workloads, and collaboration across hardware teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.