Amazon Thermal Design Engineer - Terrestrial Applications Project Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

708766151

Key job responsibilities
- Support extensive architectural trades with preliminary thermal analysis on printed circuit boards.
- Perform detailed and comprehensive analyses of integrated circuit components, using finite element analysis.
- Conduct computational fluid analyses for multiple design conditions.
- Drive design optimization for performance, mass and cost, while meeting system reliability requirements through application of a range of thermal control hardware options.
- Design, analyze and select heat pipes as needed for overall system solution.- Define, lead and execute thermal cycling for development and qualification tests.
- Correlate thermal models based on test results.
- Define and select test equipment as needed (e.g., thermal chambers, sensors, data logging equipment, infrared cameras, thermocouples, power supplies)
- Conduct testing of prototypes and engineering models for fast design feedback loops.
- Document trades and design evolution, and present results during design reviews.Export Control Requirement:

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience with analysis simulation software, including writing custom scripts to enable rapid design trades and iterations for thermal systems for various operational cases.
- 2+ years experience with computational fluid dynamics packages (e.g., ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS Icepak, OpenFoam)
- 2+ years experience with finite element analysis packages (e.g., ANSYS Mechanical)
- 2+ years experience with test planning, test set-up, results correlation and system verification for production.
- 2+ years experience in development and/or selection of thermal control hardware (e.g., materials and finishes, thermal interface materials, heat-pipes, radiators, temperature sensors, and heaters).

- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in mechanical engineering or related field.
- CAD skills (NX or Solidworks)
- Experience with thermal design implementations for high volume production.
- Design for batch testing for subsystem workmanship tests
- Experience with Thermal Desktop