Thermal/Mechanical Engineering Intern — Server Cooling

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Spring, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP in Texas offers a Thermal/Mechanical Engineering Internship with a hybrid work model, requiring on average 2 days per week in an HPE office. You will support design, analysis, testing, and validation of next‑generation server hardware, collaborating with mechanical, thermal, electrical, firmware, and systems engineers.

You will gain hands‑on lab experience with cooling technologies, CAD, CFD/FEA, data acquisition, and documentation, while contributing to

Qualifications

• Completed coursework in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, statics, mechanics of materials, or mechanical design.
• Fundamental understanding of conduction, convection, pressure drop, airflow, and mechanical load paths.
• Ability to apply engineering principles to practical problems and communicate results clearly.
• Basic proficiency with spreadsheets and technical presentations.

Responsibilities

• Support the mechanical and thermal development of rack-mount server platforms, subsystems, and components.
• Assist with the design and evaluation of heat sinks, fans, air ducts, cold plates, brackets, sheet-metal parts, and other cooling or structural hardware.
• Build and instrument server prototypes for thermal, airflow, acoustic, vibration, and mechanical testing.
• Measure component temperatures, system airflow, pressure, power, and environmental conditions using laboratory equipment and data-acquisition tools.
• Execute documented test plans, maintain accurate test records, analyze results, and summarize findings in clear technical reports.
• Support workload and stress testing of CPUs, GPUs, DIMMs, drives, power supplies, and other heat-generating components.
• Perform engineering calculations and assist with CAD, tolerance analysis, thermal modeling, CFD, or FEA under the guidance of senior engineers.

Skills

Heat transfer

Thermodynamics

Fluid mechanics

Statics

Mechanics of materials

Mechanical design

CAD

CFD

FEA

Laboratory testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CAD

CFD

FEA

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP in Texas offers a Thermal/Mechanical Engineering Internship with a hybrid work model, requiring on average 2 days per week in an HPE office. You will support design, analysis, testing, and validation of next‑generation server hardware, collaborating with mechanical, thermal, electrical, firmware, and systems engineers.

You will gain hands‑on lab experience with cooling technologies, CAD, CFD/FEA, data acquisition, and documentation, while contributing to