Principal Thermal Engineer

Microsoft•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware (HW) infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, we are looking for a Principal Thermal Engineer with a passion for developing robust customer-focused solutions and striving for engineering excellence in mechanical design of large complex systems. The Principal Thermal Engineer will provide technical leadership in the development and deployment of high reliability liquid cooling designs at scale. #azurehwjobs #SCHIE

Requirements

Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent field
10+ years of experience in the electronics industry specifically related to high-powered liquid cooled servers
More than 2 years experience with a thermal simulation tool ( e.g; Flotherm, Ansys, Icepak, etc.)
Experience with prototyping, thermal design and development, and high-volume manufacturing of electronic enclosures
Experience partnering with and overseeing ODM engineers
Experience in pump design, fluid loop sensors and controls, heat exchanger design
Familiar with CAD software tools PTC Creo, Windchill or similar software (ie Solidworks, Catia)
Technical Skills: Understanding of thermal and mechanical design principles, fluid dynamics, pumps and compressors, mechanical vibration and shock, valve and manifold design, material compatibility, manufacturing processes, and validation
Leadership Abilities: Experience leading complex design programs
Discipline: Experience with development of specifications, interface control documents, and managing design requirements
Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve mechanical design issues and optimize system performance

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for the design and development of complex liquid cooling solutions in the datacenter at the rack and server level.
Have responsibility and oversight for the thermal and mechanical implementation of fluid distribution systems within server racks encompassing all aspects of fluid flow and pressure management, cold plate design and reliability, pump design and reliability, material compatibility and corrosion resistance, and fluid/air volume management.
Utilize expertise in fluid systems design to deliver high performance liquid cooling with production level reliability.
Contribute to the design of servers, racks, and associated datacenter building blocks.
Develop interface management for liquid systems and develop standards by which the team is able to scale our liquid cooled systems development in pace with the growth of AI.
Manage relationships and interfaces with Microsoft’s datacenter engineering and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment of Azure systems.
Manage relationships with suppliers to ensure robust designs and predictive roadmaps of future technologies in support of Microsoft’s future product portfolio.
Manage relationships with our ODM and SI partners to ensure proper development and implementation of our liquid cooled technologies.
Be responsible for creating product specifications, interface control documents, and associated collateral to clearly communicate design intent and document design expectations.
Work across programs in a technical leadership role with responsibility for ensuring an integrated and robust approach to fluid systems design across our portfolio.
Own specific programs for which you are the lead Thermal engineer developing a complete solution.
Have the exciting responsibility for ensuring a reliable systems-focused approach to liquid cooling of Microsoft datacenters all over the planet.