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SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER – THERMOFLUIDS

Responsibilities:

Develop liquid cooling systems for high density high power state of the art ASIC packages.
Carry out CFD simulations on multiphase internal flows.
Perform rigorous pressure, velocity, flow rate and temperature measurements in different scales and conduct validation studies on cold plates, heat exchangers, embedded MEMS flow/thermal devices.
Build and validate thermal test vehicles (TTV).
Post-process experimental and simulation data, data-reduction, and build engineering correlations,
Develop reduced order models and simplified engineering tools for design engineers.
Through simulation and experiments, design and optimize cold plates, compact heat exchangers, embedded MEMS flow/thermal devices.
Use FloTHERM to perform product design as needed
Prepare research reports and proposals.

Qualifications:

S. or Ph.D. (preferred) in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical field.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong background in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and numerical methods.
Experience with multiphase flows.
Firm understanding of turbulence, boiling, separated and dispersed flows, and VOF model.
Experience with meshing, CFD, FEA or multi-physics simulation software tools (ANSYS preferred, COMSOL, OpenFoam).
Experience with instrumentation, data collection and post-processing, i.e. LabVIEW and/or various DAQ systems,
Experience with temperature, pressure, velocity and flow rate measurements.
Familiarity with TIM requirements and material options for high performance ASICs, processors, FPGAs
Exposure and knowledge of optical media including thermal limitations, options for heatsinking pluggable media, etc.
Track record of publications, patents and relevant technical documents.
Familiarity with microfabrication techniques.
5 years (preferred) of research and/or engineering experience following graduate studies.

Position is for 18 months, but could be extended.

Salary and other compensation TBD (will be based on experience and other qualifications)