Lenovo
Sr. Thermal Engineer - Server Design
Morrisville, North Carolina · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of relevant work experience; server design preferred.
About the job
Designs and validates energy-efficient thermal solutions for Lenovo server systems, including air and liquid cooling, from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Define server thermal architecture, cooling budgets, and trade-offs across performance, power, acoustics, cost, and serviceability.
- Analyze and validate designs through simulation and testing; write test plans and document results.
- Resolve thermal issues during prototyping, manufacturing, and field operation, and develop design processes and qualification criteria.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of relevant work experience, preferably server design.
- Experience with CFD tools to predict server operating performance; modeling and testing skills to validate designs.
- Familiarity with fan speed control algorithms and tuning methods.
- Experience defining server liquid-cooling requirements and knowledge of coolant quality, material compatibility, corrosion prevention, leak detection, and serviceability.
Nice to have
- Coding skills such as Matlab, Python, or Java to automate data collection and report generation.
- Knowledge of computer firmware code and algorithms that set operating points and fault conditions.
Tools
Siemens Flotherm FLOEFD, Star-CCM+, Marcroflow, pro/E, AutoCAD, Matlab, Python, Java
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