HPE
Senior Principal Thermal Engineer
$181K–$367K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 15+ years in thermal engineering, electronics cooling, or related disciplines.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering discipline; advanced degree preferred.
About the job
Defines HPE’s long-term thermal technology strategy and leads development and adoption of cooling architectures for networking, AI, compute, and data-center hardware.
What you'll do
- Set thermal technology vision, architectures, methodologies, standards, and roadmaps across product generations.
- Assess and mature future cooling technologies through investigations, prototypes, feasibility studies, benchmarking, and validation.
- Provide expert technical guidance, influence cross-functional and industry decisions, and mentor thermal engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related engineering discipline.
- Recognized expertise in advanced air-cooling and/or liquid-cooling technologies.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and industry impact in thermal engineering.
- Ability to influence technology direction across organizations, suppliers, customers, and industry groups.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience with FloTHERM, FloEFD, Icepak, Star-CCM+, Macroflow, or equivalent platforms.
Pay
USD 181,000 - 367,000 (base salary; annual salary, California)
Tools
FloTHERM, FloEFD, Icepak, Star-CCM+, Macroflow
AI focus
Develops thermal strategies and cooling technologies for AI infrastructure and future AI platforms.
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