Apple
Thermal Engineer
$150K–$278K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 5+ years of deep technical and functional expertise in the stated heat-transfer areas.
- Education
- BS in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Mechanics; M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.
About the job
Designs and models thermal solutions for Apple products, ensuring thermal objectives are met from concept through final design.
What you'll do
- Apply heat-transfer and fluid-flow principles to complex product design problems.
- Perform thermal modeling and present conclusions through illustrative post-processing.
- Communicate technical findings across cross-functional design teams.
What they ask for
- BS in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Mechanics.
- 5+ years of deep technical and functional expertise in conduction, convection (passive and active), and radiation.
- Knowledge of numerical modeling techniques and concepts, including convergence, discretization, and meshing.
- Strong communication skills.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Mechanics.
- Experience with CAD and CFD tools (NX, Ansys, StarCCM), optimization, scripting, data analysis, measurement techniques, or manufacturing processes.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
NX, Ansys, StarCCM, perl, tcl, MATLAB, C++, R
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