Staff Thermal Engineer

The role

The Staff Thermal Engineer will perform thermal and fluid-flow analysis of electronic components, circuit card assemblies, and electronic enclosures. This role involves design trades, detailed analysis, hardware integration, qualification, and production support.

What you will do

• Perform hand calculations and detailed thermal analyses of electronic components, CCAs, and enclosures
• Develop and use ANSYS Icepak models for electronics cooling and internal air and liquid coolant flow
• Analyze cooling systems that include cabinets, coldplates, heat exchangers, and related hardware
• Assess temperatures, flow distribution, pressure drop, and thermal margins
• Define model inputs, assumptions, and boundary conditions
• Provide practical thermal design guidance to electrical and mechanical designers
• Identify thermal risks and recommend design changes
• Participate in design and peer reviews
• Plan and support thermal tests, analyze test data, and correlate models with test results
• Support board and system bring-up, qualification, troubleshooting, and production issues

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM field
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Hands-on experience performing electronics thermal analysis using ANSYS Icepak
• Strong working knowledge of heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics
• Experience analyzing thermal performance of electronic components, circuit boards, or enclosures
• Ability to perform engineering hand calculations and assess when detailed simulation is needed
• Experience analyzing liquid-cooled coldplates and heat exchangers
• Experience with forced-air cooling, flow distribution, pressure-drop analysis, and fan performance
• Strong technical communication skills and ability to work independently across engineering disciplines
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• Experience with Macroflow, STAR-CCM+, NX thermal, or other thermal or CFD software
• Experience planning or supporting thermal tests, reducing test data, or correlating analysis models
• Experience with aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability electronic systems
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, RTCA/DO-160, or VITA-48

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k with 50% company match up to 6% of pay
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while you're working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

About the company

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and provides products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™).