Meta(Meta Platforms)岗位:Hardware Thermal Engineer Responsibilities
Engage with the Hardware Design team to ensure proper thermal kit design from component to system and with the Data Center Operations team to ensure smooth product deployment
Develop and execute test plans to measure thermal performance/efficiency of hardware and thermal technologies. Quantitatively simulate and analyze hardware cooling schemes
Design and investigate cutting-edge thermal cooling solutions for advanced hardware systems for large scale deployment. Balance trade offs between design, cost, power and other critical parameters
Create analytical and numerical models using various Computational Fluid Dynamics tools or relevant simulation tools to describe system thermodynamics and heat transfer
Engage and lead external vendors including ODM and component vendors on design, test and production
Develop and publish case studies/technical papers describing thermal analysis of cooling systems and technologies
Establish the parameters for thermal design/testing, and correlation of the design/test results in order to model predictions
Minimum Qualifications
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and/or with 6+ years relevant experience in thermal design related to server/hardware or advanced packaging
Experienced with computational thermal simulation software, such as Flotherm/Future Facilities/Icepak used for optimizing hardware cooling design
Experience using lab equipment such as data acquisition systems, air flow chambers, and environmental chambers for thermal validation and troubleshooting
Experience in designing and optimizing thermal cooling solutions, such as custom-made heat sink designs, and/or fan speed control algorithms
Experience to interpret/create mechanical system schematics by using 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tool
Preferred Qualifications
Experience to create mathematical, computational and numerical models of industrial cooling systems, using MATLAB or comparable tools
Experience in Unix / Linux environment and/or familiarity with scripting and coding in python
Familiarity with data center cooling system designs
6+ years relevant experience in thermal design related to advanced cooling solutions
Familiarity with design and optimization of control systems for components such as fans or pumps
M.S./Ph.D. in relevant thermal discipline
Familiarity with custom thermal solutions including heat sinks, cold plates, and Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) materials for use in hardware systems
Experience delivering a thermal program from inception/ideation to deployment
Experience in manufacturing processes such as Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
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