Etched
Thermal Engineer, Rack Level
$200K–$350K
San Jose · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5–10 years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own the thermal design, validation, commissioning, and customer-site deployment of Etched’s liquid-cooled L11 rack system, including its integration with datacenter facilities.
What you'll do
- Design and validate rack-level liquid loops, manifolds, cooling controls, and facility interfaces; characterize thermal and hydraulic performance.
- Develop deployment and commissioning processes, and test and qualify reference CDU systems in lab and field settings.
- Support customers and go-to-market teams on facility integration, and investigate thermal or fluid issues in lab and deployed systems.
What they ask for
- 5–10 years of thermal or mechanical engineering experience with hands-on CDU and datacenter liquid-cooling experience.
- Experience installing, commissioning, or validating liquid-cooling systems at datacenter scale.
- Experience with CDU validation and commissioning, including flow, pressure, temperature, and controls testing.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Rack-scale direct-to-chip liquid-cooling deployment for AI or HPC systems; familiarity with OCP or ASHRAE TC 9.9.
- Experience with Flownex or MacroFlow, or knowledge of coolant chemistry, filtration, leak detection, and fluid integrity testing.
Pay
$200,000 - $350,000 USD (base salary); $200K – $250K USD (compensation; pay type not specified)
Tools
CDU, OCP, ASHRAE TC 9.9, Flownex, MacroFlow
AI focus
The role supports liquid-cooled rack infrastructure for inference hardware; preferred experience includes rack-scale direct-to-chip cooling for AI or HPC systems.
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