What are the responsibilities and job description for the Thermal Engineer position at Apple?
The Apple Thermal team is seeking a world-class Thermal Engineer to play a key role in the definition and design of Apple products. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that from initial concept to design fruition, all thermal objectives are met or surpassed, and the user experience is optimized.
Our team is responsible for all thermally related aspects of a highly collaborative, cross-functional design effort. To be successful, you will need to have a thorough understanding of heat and fluid flow with the ability to apply this understanding to complex design problems. Being able to clearly communicate technically complex material is a must, as is the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
You will be tasked with impacting product design decisions by providing reliable analysis and thermal insight. In addition, you will lead the design and implementation of thermal solutions and participate in design reviews and technology investigations. You will also be responsible for:
Specification and optimization of thermal control parameters
Defining and guiding thermal and flow experiments to characterize materials, components, and systems
Analysis of system test data and preparing summary reports
Communication of status and results to cross-functional teams and management
Occasional travel
Minimum Qualifications:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 5 years of thermal design experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Genuine curiosity and a sense of design ownership
Preferred Qualifications:
Deep technical and functional expertise in conduction, convection (natural and forced), and radiation, as well as numeric modeling techniques and concepts
Practical knowledge of TIM, heat sinks, heat pipes, vapor chambers, fans, and blowers applications
Experience with consumer electronics thermal validations
OEM, thermal components manufacturing, and vendors interaction highly desirable
CFD and CAD tools
Scripting (e.g. Perl, Python) and data graphics (e.g. MATLAB, SciPy)
M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Dynamics and 3 years of experience