# Thermal Engineer I Power Electronics

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas, Texas / San Diego, California / Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $76,000 - $114,000 a year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/f6bbec19-f1c6-44ce-9af5-132b25b6e83a
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c9f5924c-5aa

## Description

Are you a passionate and innovative Thermal Engineer looking to help develop state-of-the-art aircraft? Shield AI is seeking a Thermal Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and integration of aircraft avionics thermal management systems. The ideal candidate will thrive on first-principles problem-solving, be comfortable with design challenges, and value extreme ownership.

As a Thermal Engineer at Shield AI, you will:

* Own thermal analysis and design efforts for unmanned aerial vehicle avionics, including custom power electronics
* Develop and validate analytical, numerical, and computational models for heat transfer and fluid flow using hand calculations and CFD tools such as FloEFD
* Provide input to trade studies, system architecture decisions, and risk assessments
* Assist cross-functional teams designing power electronic circuits and environmental enclosures
* Contribute to design requirements that impact circuit part selection, board layout, material selection, and other design aspects
* Drive test planning, instrumentation, and data analysis to correlate models with experimental results
* Communicate technical findings clearly through executive-level briefings, design reviews, and written reports

Required qualifications:

* B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline
* Internship or engineering club experience in avionics or electronics thermal engineering
* Knowledge of heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation) and fluid mechanics
* Familiarity with thermal analysis and CFD tools (e.g., ANSYS Icepak, FloEFD, STAR-CCM+)
* Experience with CAD design tools such as NX, SolidWorks, or similar
* Demonstrated experience applying first-principles reasoning to engineering problems
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of leading technical discussions and presenting to stakeholders

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.

## Skills

### Required
- heat transfer
- fluid mechanics
- thermal analysis
- CFD tools
- CAD design tools
- first-principles reasoning
- written and verbal communication