Thermal Manufacturing Engineer

      I.    Job Summary

In this position the individual will oversee, maintain, and operate multi megawatt liquid cooled production systems, and support production difficulties. The ideal candidate has experience with thermal measurement and is passionate about technology and engineering. Other duties include designing and managing facility scale HVAC systems in a production environment and collecting data from IoT sensor networks such as Temperature, Humidity, and Power.

     II.   Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

·        Create thermal simulation models from CAD to simulate HVAC systems for rack level, room level, and clean room performance.

·        Program complex fan and pump control systems using large fields of sensor inputs, setting individual thermal limits, and setting fan and pump speed hysteresis controls for smooth steady state operation.

·        Design, improve, and manage manufacturing processes to maximize efficiency and product quality in high density burn in rooms

·        Optimize liquid cooled production lines, troubleshooting equipment failures, implementing quality control standards, and designing new manufacturing systems and workstations.

·        Control costs for liquid production facilities.

·        Interpret sensor log data and analyze presenting into human readable formats but also according to various customer’s specifications using engineering principles.

·        Operate and configure building management systems as pertains to thermal management systems

·        Present test reports to customers and accept customer feedback

·        Perform temperature measurements using thermocouples and IoT sensors.

• Collect data logs from test tools in Linux or Windows
• Observe and report unexpected results or possible areas of opportunity
• Regularly inspect measurement tools and repair or replace as required

Job Specifications

    III.   Education and Work Experience

·        Bachelor’s degree in Thermal Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with strong emphasis on thermal engineering or equivalent experience.

·        Experience with CDUs of all types including Liquid to Liquid, Liquid to Air, and Liquid to Refrigerant.

·        Experience designing facility cooling plumbing systems (either chilled water or glycol based)

·        Must have actually built, tested and refined project designs.

·        Strong working knowledge of CFD and CAD software.

·        Experience with thermocouples, IR cameras, airflow sensors, and power measurement.

·        Experience working within a manufacturing environment.

·        Experience building personal computers or servers.

·        Experience with environmental chambers.

   IV.    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

·        Fluency in Linux command line operation

·        Ability to examine customer requirements documents and build appropriate test plans for manufacturing team.

• Possesses background knowledge of thermal measurement sciences.
• Familiarity of test instruments such as data loggers, volt meters, and power supplies

·        Proficiency in building thermal models preferably in Ansys CFD products.

• Works well as a team member but also independently.
• Pays close attention to detail.
• Communicates clearly and effectively verbally and in writing to people without an engineering background.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity.
• Exhibits familiarity with proper manufacturing safety procedures.

     V.   Job Complexity and Supervision

This job involves complex tasks of creating thermal and power consumption models, providing simulation analysis to management as well as customers, creating test plans for the production environment according to customer requirements and proper thermal design principles, presenting complex reports to customers both during bidding and production stages, managing complex project timelines, and working closely with other team members including mechanical engineers, software engineers, firmware engineers, and technicians.

   VI.    Working Conditions

This job is full time in the factory location as it requires hands on efforts with a very fast response time in order to maintain the highest possible production uptimes. Employee will support multiple factory buildings and must be able to move to the specific location with immediate need (most of the buildings are within short walking distance of each other). Employee will wear PPE for high noise, wide temperature range, and anti static footwear.

  VII.   PHYsical Demands

Exertional levels as outlined in the Standards of U.S. Department of Labor as defined in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

MEDIUM: work involves exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, or an amount greater than negligible and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.