Staff Thermal Design Engineer – High-Performance Cooling

Celestica; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica seeks a Staff Engineer, Thermal Design in Austin, TX to own thermal design across electronic products. You will perform modeling, simulations, and testing to ensure reliability and performance in high-demand data center and enterprise environments.

The role requires expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and 3D CAD tools, with 5+ years in server thermal management and liquid cooling. Strong collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Preferred MS or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Thermal-Fluid Sciences.
• Must have coursework in heat transfer and fluid mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Own thermal design for electronic products from modeling, design, test, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Conduct thermal simulations and analysis from chip to facility level to verify feasibility and inform designs.
• Maintain awareness of available heat transfer hardware, costs, and integration options.
• Conceive and implement ways to enhance operation of heat transfer hardware.
• Consider thermal aspects of chip packaging technologies.
• Apply best-in-class fluid flow geometry to cool high heat flux chips.
• Plan work to meet performance targets and project timelines.
• Perform hands-on lab tests from component to rack level and document plans and data.
• Analyze test data to draw inferences and inform improvements.

Skills

Thermal design

Thermal modeling

Heat transfer

Fluid mechanics

Liquid cooling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

Job description

Celestica seeks a Staff Engineer, Thermal Design in Austin, TX to own thermal design across electronic products. You will perform modeling, simulations, and testing to ensure reliability and performance in high-demand data center and enterprise environments.

The role requires expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and 3D CAD tools, with 5+ years in server thermal management and liquid cooling. Strong collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams is essential.