Thermal Engineer
| Company | Exowatt |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $150000 – $195000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- BS/MS/PHD in Mechanical or Thermal engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant Thermal Engineering or Systems Engineering experience.
- Proficiency with mechanical CAD.
- Understanding of heat transfer fundamentals in energy systems.
- Strong analytical skills with emphasis on using and/or directing finite element analysis (FEA).
- Experience with thermal analysis of mechanical and electronic systems, in space, air or ground environments.
- Experience designing highly efficient heat exchangers for high temperature applications.
- Ability to support design decisions with well documented engineering analyses and calculations.
- Ability to analyze problems and to focus and drive down to the root cause of problems quickly.
- Ability to make technical presentations internally and to customers.
- A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development.
Responsibilities
- Design, analyze, and optimize thermal management systems for Exowatt’s products.
- Perform thermal analysis using simulation tools and experimental methods to predict and validate thermal performance of battery systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate thermal solutions into product designs.
- Develop and implement thermal testing procedures, including thermal cycling and environmental testing.
- Conduct failure analysis and implement corrective actions to resolve thermal issues.
- Support product development from concept through production, ensuring thermal requirements are met.
- Conduct research and analysis to identify and address thermal challenges in our product.
- Build prototypes, test features, analyze failures in order to maximize outputs – continuously optimizing in order to never leave energy on the table.
- Create excellent technical documentation – slide decks, testing plans and reports, procedures, assembly, vendor specifications, and statements of work, etc.
- Assist in recruiting and interviewing efforts to help build our amazing team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience (finite methods) is not required but highly preferred.