Qualcomm Staff Engineer Thermal 

United States, California, San Diego 

798530480

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

Responsibilities

• Support thermal/mechanical projects from concept to production phase.

• Design, set up, run, and deliver results for various thermal experiments.

• Conduct test or research on materials and thermal solutions.

• Manage technical projects across organization.

• Perform thermal simulations utilizing CFD tools for product-level solutions and present results.

Skills/Experience

• Skillset and hands-on experience to enable test hardware/platforms and execute test vectors for the purpose of thermal validation and verification testing.

• Ability to write scripts and data analysis.

• Programming experience with Python, C/C++.

• Debugging and bring up experience with test platforms required.

• Ability to design thermal tests and execute per plan within a laboratory environment.

• 5+ years of industry experience in electronics cooling preferably related to Automotive applications.

• Thorough understanding of cooling techniques for electronic components and equipment.

• In-depth understanding of natural, forced convection cooling and liquid cooling. Exposure to cooling systems related to Automotive industry is a plus.

• Must have design experience with PCBs, component placement, enclosures, and heat sinks.

• Expertise in conducting CFD simulations utilizing tools such as ANSYS-Icepak or Flotherm.

• Some experience with 3D geometry CAD tools such as Solidworks or Pro/ENGINEER.

• Experience operating data acquisition equipment.

• Excellent communication skills.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

Preferred Education

• MSME, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range:

$138,800.00 - $208,200.00