HPE
Senior Principal Thermal Engineer
$181K–$367K
Roseville, California, United States of America +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Roseville, California, United States of America
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America - Experience
- Typically 15+ years of relevant engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or a closely related engineering discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
About the job
Defines organization-wide thermal architectures and leads liquid-cooling development for high-performance networking, compute, and data-center hardware from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Set thermal architectures, methodologies, specifications, validation practices, and technology roadmaps across platforms.
- Lead thermal-fluid analysis, design, testing, qualification, and production ramp for liquid-cooled systems; correlate CFD models with test data.
- Guide suppliers and cross-functional programs, communicate with senior stakeholders, mentor engineers, and contribute to standards and technical practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Typically 15+ years of relevant engineering experience, including hands-on leadership of electronics thermal design and liquid-cooling development for complex products.
- Demonstrated technical impact on significant products, programs, or strategic architecture, including successful delivery across multiple NPI cycles.
- Deep expertise in single-phase liquid cooling and strong knowledge of immersion, dielectric fluids, refrigerant-based or two-phase technologies, and air-liquid hybrid architectures.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Evidence of innovation through patents, publications, standards contributions, or deployment of differentiated cooling technologies.
Pay
USD 181,000 - 367,000 (base salary; annual salary, California)
Tools
FloTHERM, FloEFD, Macroflow, SolidWorks
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