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Component Quality Engineer, Thermal and Mechanical
$144K–$204K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in relevant engineering; 6+ years with thermal and mechanical component qualification methodologies.
About the job
Owns qualification and quality engineering for thermal and mechanical components used in data center hardware, improving their reliability, performance, and manufacturability.
What you'll do
- Lead component qualification and reliability testing for thermal and mechanical parts.
- Investigate failures and drive corrective actions with suppliers; analyze field and test data to identify quality risks.
- Collaborate with design, supply chain, and manufacturing teams on specifications, supplier quality, and process improvements.
What they ask for
- 6+ years in component quality, hardware reliability, or mechanical/thermal engineering in consumer electronics, data center, or server hardware.
- 6+ years with thermal and mechanical component qualification methodologies and reliability testing standards such as JEDEC, IPC, ASTM, or equivalent.
- Experience with failure analysis, root cause investigation, corrective actions, FMEA, tolerance analysis, and design-for-reliability.
- Experience using data analysis for reliability and supplier quality decisions.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with CFD or FEA simulation tools.
- Experience with liquid cooling, cold plates, hyperscale infrastructure, or supplier audits and engineering change control.
Pay
$144,000/year to $204,000/year (base salary); bonus + equity (amounts not stated)
Tools
JEDEC, IPC, ASTM, CFD, FEA
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