# Thermal Design Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: San Jose, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $194,600.00 to $285,700.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Common Hardware Group at Cisco is seeking a Thermal Design Engineer to join our team. You will design and develop thermal solutions for systems with high-power ASICs and high-density optical transceivers. Your responsibilities will include:

- Developing detailed package, board, and system level simulations using Computational Fluid Dynamic tools such as Flotherm or Icepak

- Collaborating with Distinguished Engineers and Hardware leads on system architectures and cooling

- Performing thermal testing to validate simulation models

- Leading and mentoring other thermal engineers in the group

- Collaborating with mechanical engineers and other cross-functional teams to identify risks and deliver objective, data-driven solutions

The ideal candidate will have:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Thermal Engineering + 12 years of related experience, or Master's degree + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience

- 5+ years of experience in design, simulation, and testing of thermal solutions for electronic devices and systems

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience in use of Computational Fluid Dynamic analysis tools such as Flotherm or Icepak

- Knowledge and experience with advanced air-cooling technologies

- Experience with designing liquid cooling and/or immersion cooling systems

- Experience with performing other analysis such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Data Center cooling simulations

- Experience with 3D MCAD modeling tools such as PTC's Creo or NX

In terms of compensation, Cisco offers a salary range of $194,600.00 to $285,700.00 for this position in the U.S. and/or Canada, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Thermal Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics

### Nice to have
- Flotherm
- Icepak
- Finite Element Analysis
- Data Center cooling simulations
- 3D MCAD modeling

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