What are the responsibilities and job description for the Thermal Design Lead position at netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.)?
Job Title: - Thermal Design Lead, Client Platforms
Location:- Austin, TX (On-Site)
Role Type: - 12 Months contract (Possible extension/conversion)
Job Description:
- Deep expertise in heat transfer and fluid dynamics, with hands-on system‑level thermal design experience.
- Advanced proficiency in CFD for electronics cooling (Icepak and/or Flotherm).
- Strong background in thermal validation and debugging of new silicon and system hardware/software issues.
- Practical knowledge of thermal components and materials (fans, heatsinks, shields, spreaders, TIMs) and how they impact product performance.
- Ability to analyze and message package thermal resistance impacts (e.g., silicon performance, gen‑on‑gen changes) to internal and external audiences.
- Proven collaboration across architecture, power/performance, BIOS/firmware, and customer engineering teams.
- Executive‑level communication skills—able to distill complex technical topics into clear decisions and updates.
- Extensive lab experience including:
- Data acquisition and automation
- System teardown/rebuild, instrumentation (thermocouples, IR cameras, power/thermal sensors), and test fixture design.
- System impedance and fan (P-Q curve) characterization using an airflow bench.
- Test planning, execution, and analysis for thermal performance, acoustics, and skin temperature.