Senior Thermal Engineer

Careers at Crestron•Rockleigh, NJ

89d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Crestron Electronics, Inc., the Senior Thermal Engineer creates efficient, production-ready thermal solutions for complex electronics, leading the full lifecycle from requirements definition and system design through simulation, validation, and testing. The role applies heat transfer principles and CAD and CFD tools to design and optimize solutions while ensuring compliance with product, safety, and EMI constraints. It presents findings to stakeholders, supports verification testing, and resolves differences between simulation results and real-world performance. The engineer will contribute to the design of next-generation audio-video products. The hiring manager is seeking someone with at least 3 years of actual product-design experience addressing thermal or heat-transfer challenges, though more junior or recent-graduate candidates may also be considered. This is a hybrid role requiring three days a week in the office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
At least 3 years of actual product-design experience solving thermal or heat-transfer challenges in electronic devices is sought; the posting also states that more junior or recent-graduate candidates may be considered.
Proficiency in CAD tools and a strong understanding of heat-transfer principles and their application to electronics-cooling challenges.
Experience developing thermal models and performing simulation-driven analysis using CFD software to evaluate and optimize thermal performance.
Ability to interpret and synthesize thermal simulation data, translate technical findings into actionable insights, and present analyses, recommendations, and solutions to cross-functional teams and senior management.
Hands-on experience with airflow and thermal verification testing.
Proficiency using 3-D CAD software such as Creo.
Knowledge of mechanical and thermal characteristics of electronic devices, including thermal interface materials, heat sinks, heat spreaders, and PCBs, and their role in thermal management.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

Establish thermal requirements and drive the end-to-end system-level thermal architecture, design, and validation process.
Use CFD simulation tools to evaluate, optimize, and validate thermal solutions for product performance, reliability, and compliance.
Combine analytical and CFD tools efficiently to reduce thermal-solution development time.
Develop detailed assembly models in Creo or SolidWorks, incorporating safety and EMI-related design features and constraints, to create high-fidelity thermal models for CFD analysis, optimization, and validation.
Present thermal simulation and validation findings and solutions to engineering teams and management.
Assist with thermal verification testing and resolve issues arising from simulation results and laboratory testing.
Apply heat-transfer principles to develop advanced thermal technologies for natural and forced cooling applications.