Thermal Engineer

Thermal Engineer

Date: May 17, 2024

Location: Penang, 07, MY

Functional Area: Engineering
Career Stream: Design Engineering Hardware
SAP Short Name: AST-ENG-DHW
Job Level: Level 06
IC/MGR: Individual Contributor
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for thermal solutions design to meet product requirements.
• Conduct detailed thermal assessments by calculation and simulation analysis to ensure optimal thermal solutions are implemented.
• Deliver comprehensive thermal proposals for RFQ technical responses and present thermal proposals to customers.
• Work closely with heat sink vendors to develop cost-efficient heat sink solutions to meet performance and cost targets.
• Provide a power-saving fan speed control strategy and collaborate with the software team to ensure implementation.
• Participate in thermal technology research and development to meet the thermal requirements of future IT equipment.
• Provide innovative solutions to resolve thermal challenges and issues.
• Establish and improve thermal processes and guidelines.
• Responsible for thermal test validation of IT equipment including server/storage/switch products.
• Set up thermal test environments and execute thermal tests including wind tunnel and temperature tests.
• Collaborate with other functional teams to resolve thermal relevant issues.
• Document comprehensive thermal test plans and reports.
• Strong user of Flotherm as a CFD analysis tool for performing steady-state simulation analysis; transient analysis is a plus.
• Expertise in various heat sinks, heat pipes, vapor chamber design/selection, and air mover technologies.
• TIM selection, liquid cooling, or other advanced cooling technology experience is a plus.
• Expertise and experience in various fan speed control methodologies and over-temperature protection mechanisms.
• Familiar with thermal measurement technology and test tools such as temperature data loggers, IR cameras, wind tunnels, and air speed meters.
• Familiar with mechanical design tools such as Creo for 3D model checks; tolerance analysis methodology for heat sink retention design is a plus.
• Familiar with industry standards including NEBS, GR-63, ASHRAE, MSA, etc.
• Server/storage/switch product experience is preferred.
• Familiar with fluid dynamics and heat transfer knowledge.
• Hands-on experience in validation testing of various fan speed control algorithms and over-temperature protection mechanisms.
• Good skills in thermal test data analysis and reporting.

Physical Demands

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Entry Level to 1 year.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's Degree.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

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