Thermal Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

7h

About The Position

Apple is a place where people come to do the best work of their lives. We obsess
over the details to make products that surprise, delight, and provide new ways
to interact with the technology that changes our customers’ lives. The tight
integration of engineering teams from hardware, software, silicon, and beyond
sets Apple apart and provides unique opportunities for impact and innovation.
The Beats Accessories Product Design team is seeking a thermal engineer to work
on the next generation of products. We work in a highly collaborative,
fast-paced environment with teams across Apple including Industrial Design,
Product Design, Electrical Engineering, Software, and Marketing to define
product objectives, design thermal solutions to meet those objectives, and
validate the performance of those designs through mass production, all while
keeping customer experience at the forefront. Our contributions have broad
impacts – from the overall system size and shape down to the smallest details.

You will be the primary technical contributor covering all aspects of the
thermal design of several future products. Your main responsibility is to work
as a member of the product team to deliver a system thermal design that meets or
exceeds all performance targets, while optimizing for the customer experience.
This role relies heavily on numerical analysis of product designs in the
conceptualization and prototyping phases.

Requirements

• B.S. and 5+ years job experience in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, or related field
• Strong understanding of the technical fundamentals of conduction, convection, and radiation
• Experience with data processing and analysis
• Familiarity with numerical modeling techniques and concepts

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, or related field expertise with commercial CFD tools (Fluent, Icepak, AEDT, StarCCM+, FlowTherm, etc)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of scripting languages (python, MATLAB, JMP, etc) for data processing and visualization
• experience with TIM selection; design of heatsinks, heatpipes, vapor chambers, air movers
• Design of experiments and measurement techniques for flow/thermal systems

Responsibilities

• work as a member of the product team to deliver a system thermal design that meets or exceeds all performance targets
• optimizing for the customer experience
• numerical analysis of product designs in the conceptualization and prototyping phases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level