Mechanical Engineer I/II – Thermal Systems

NIBE Element North America•Hayward, CA

4d•$90,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Therm-x designs and builds heaters, temperature sensors, and thermal assemblies for semiconductor and high-technology equipment. The Mechanical Engineer I/II designs components, sub-assemblies, and product variants for our brazed and welded heater assemblies, working with a senior engineer who owns the product: you turn requirements into 3D models and drawings, run the calculations, and watch the parts you designed get machined, brazed, and tested a few steps from your desk. This is a learn-by-building role at a company that has made thermal hardware for over 30 years and is small enough that a good engineer's scope grows fast — a Level II engineer here owns product variants end to end and works directly with customers, suppliers, and our remote engineering team. Therm-x engineering is investing in AI-assisted workflows for design documentation, analysis setup, and design review; you will use them from your first week.

Requirements

Solid 3D CAD and drawing fundamentals with GD&T. Level II: complete, checkable drawing packages and tolerance stack-ups.
Heat transfer, mechanics of materials, and materials fundamentals, and the appetite to learn how brazing, welding, and ceramics behave at temperature.
Hands-on: comfortable in the shop, can build a test setup, and wants to see the parts you design get made.
Clear written and spoken communication; organized enough to keep several small projects moving.
Level II: has taken at least one design from concept through release and worked with suppliers or manufacturing on it.
Onsite at our Hayward, CA facility — this role is learned on the shop floor.
Able to travel to our Therm-x de Mexico facility at least once a quarter, typically for several days (valid passport or ability to obtain one).

Nice To Haves

Internship, project, or work experience with heaters, thermal systems, or high-temperature hardware.
Exposure to FEA (COMSOL, ANSYS, or similar) and to reading basic electrical schematics.
Exposure to brazing, welding, or ceramics; semiconductor equipment or vacuum hardware.
Curiosity about AI-assisted engineering tools and some hands-on use of them in design or coursework.

Responsibilities

Develop 3D models and assemblies (SolidWorks, Inventor, or Solid Edge) for heater and thermal-assembly components and product variants, and release drawing packages with GD&T, including pre-braze and pre-weld details.
Run the engineering behind the design: power and heat-transfer calculations, tolerance stack-ups, and material selection for service at temperature; support thermal and structural FEA (COMSOL, ANSYS, or similar).
Review customer requirements, drawings, and specifications; build BOMs and help estimate fabrication and assembly time and cost.
Support prototype builds and testing with our machinists and technicians: fixtures and test setups, thermal uniformity, cycling, and dielectric tests, data review, and the next design iteration.
Support production builds and transfers at Therm-x de Mexico, including regular trips to the facility to work directly with the production team.
Design fixtures, tooling, and test hardware for prototype and production builds.
Prepare design documentation and presentations for design reviews; own engineering changes on your parts.
Use our AI-assisted engineering workflows — requirement reviews, drawing and documentation packages, analysis setup, design-review prep — and help make them better.
Level II: own product variants and sub-assemblies from requirements to production release, coordinate directly with suppliers and our remote engineering team, and help onboard Level I engineers and interns.