Thermal Engineer (Functional Testing) (Automotive)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Company

Develops premium smart electric vehicles and next-generation automotive technologies, including autonomous driving systems.

What you will do

• Lead validation and verification of automotive thermal management components and systems at component, system, and vehicle levels.
• Build in-house validation capabilities, including DAQ strategies, airflow test stands, calorimeter chambers, and climatic wind-tunnel facilities.
• Develop DVP&R plans and lead vehicle climatic wind-tunnel and field testing.
• Benchmark competing thermal components and define functional targets and engineering specifications.
• Instrument, collect, analyze, and manage test data; prepare reports and present results to cross-functional teams and executive leadership.
• Support component specifications, DFMEA, test procedures, environmental fixtures, and data-acquisition systems while resolving issues and meeting vehicle development milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
• Advanced knowledge or degree specialization in refrigerant cycles, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics.
• 5–10 years of experience with thermal management systems for HEV, PHEV, and EV platforms.
• Mandatory experience testing thermal system components and vehicles.
• Working knowledge of refrigerants, coolants, airflow, injection-molded parts, brazed components, and high-voltage components.
• Experience with automotive systems design, packaging, and assembly requirements.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience designing refrigerant components, sensors, valves, and fluid-transport components.
• Supervisory experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position at the Santa Clara, California facility.
• Work in a free-thinking environment focused on next-generation premium electric vehicles.
• Information is handled confidentially according to EEO guidelines.