Senior Thermal Engineer

4 weeks ago


Santa Clara, California, United States Arista Networks, Inc. Full time
Job Description

Arista Networks is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to join our team in Santa Clara, California. As a key member of our Mechanical Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing and analyzing thermal systems for our high-end switching products.

In this role, you will work closely with our Electrical design and hardware validation teams to ensure the fulfillment of overall system requirements. You will be responsible for developing thermal cooling strategies for next-generation, high-performance switching products and conducting thermal analysis and design using Icepak.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop thermal cooling strategies for next-generation, high-performance switching products
  • Conduct thermal analysis and design using Icepak
  • Support thermal analysis requests from hardware team, product management team, and other cross-functional teams
  • Capable of conducting different engineering experimental tests to verify design and correlate with computational results

Requirements:

  • MS Degree in Mechanical Engineering - Ph.D. preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years of direct professional experience in thermal design and analysis of electronic appliances using Icepak, FloTHERM, SmartCFD, etc.
  • Experience with high power (>800W) SoC liquid cooling thermal models and system-level analysis
  • Experience in cold plate liquid cooling design and analysis, open loop or closed loop liquid cooling, CDU at rack level or facility level design and analysis
  • Experience in numerical modeling based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) (convergence, discretization, meshing)
  • Knowledge and familiarity with electronic cooling and challenges of systems within data center environments
  • Knowledge of heat transfer modes; conduction, convection (passive and active), and radiation
  • Thorough understanding of heat sink type/design, heat pipes, vapor chambers, fans, blowers, pumps, thermal interface material
  • Experience in vendor selection
  • Flow and thermal measurement techniques, mechanical (thermal and structural) validation and qualification tests including, Environmental Test (ETE), etc.
  • Knowledge of thermal airflow testing, fans, pumps, liquid loop cold plate testing, and augmentation to system thermal simulation models
  • Experience using ProEngineer (PTC Creo) a plus
  • Good verbal and written communication skills

Compensation Information:

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $135,000 to $181,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista's Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.

Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.



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