Thermal Mechanical Hybrid Engineer
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Etched is an AI-hardware company building rack-scale frontier inference clusters.
San Jose, United States
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About Etched
Etched co-designs chips, racks, software, and manufacturing systems for efficient inference of frontier AI models, targeting throughput, latency, cost, and power efficiency across prefill and decode workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead the design, optimization, validation, and documentation of direct-to-chip cold plate modules and thermal management systems. You will develop water-cooling solutions, run liquid thermal simulations, select thermal interface materials, and work with engineering teams and vendors to integrate reliable cooling systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related field
- At least 5 years of thermal and mechanical engineering experience focused on water cooling and advanced thermal management
- Mechanical design expertise
- Experience designing and managing direct-to-processor cooling systems and thermal simulations
- Experience with cold plate designs, water-cooling systems, internal manifolds, quick disconnects, coolant distribution units, and heat exchangers
- Proficiency in mechanical tolerances, mechanical drawings, and GD&T
- Proficiency with NX, Creo, CATIA, or similar mechanical CAD tools
- Knowledge of DFM and DFA principles
- Proficiency with Fluent and thermal simulation techniques
- Knowledge of thermal interface materials and heat-sink designs
- Experience with advanced thermal cooling technologies
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and optimization of direct-to-chip cold plate modules
- Lead thermal management system design for high-performance data center products
- Develop water-cooling solutions including manifolds, quick disconnects, coolant distribution units, and heat exchangers
- Run liquid thermal simulations to analyze heat-exchanger performance
- Design, fabricate, and assemble cold plates
- Evaluate and optimize thermal interface materials
- Implement advanced cooling concepts including phase-change and liquid cooling
- Oversee thermal system testing and validation
- Create design specifications, simulation results, testing reports, and performance documentation
- Coordinate with mechanical engineers, electrical systems engineers, and vendors
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- $2,500 per month housing subsidy for employees living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support to San Jose
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
- Daily office lunch and dinner
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification