Senior Thermal Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Ramat Gan, Israel; on-site

Company

Develops autonomous driving systems, including semi- and fully autonomous vehicles and Robotaxi platforms.

What you will do

• Develop thermal architectures for next-generation SoCs, packages, ECUs, and high-performance compute platforms.
• Perform thermal performance assessments and CFD analyses covering temperature distribution, heat spreading, thermal interfaces, materials, stack-ups, and thermal resistance.
• Design and evaluate air cooling, liquid cooling, heat pipes, and advanced heat-spreading solutions.
• Support vehicle-level cooling architecture and ECU integration for autonomous driving and Robotaxi platforms.
• Define cooling requirements, correlate simulations with laboratory and product measurements, and drive optimization through qualification and production.
• Collaborate with silicon architecture, packaging, hardware, mechanical, electrical, validation, suppliers, Tier-1s, and OEM customers.

Requirements

• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of thermal engineering experience with electronic systems, semiconductor packages, ECUs, or high-performance computing.
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermal management, and thermal/CFD simulation tools such as Celsius EC, Icepak, or FloTHERM.
• Experience developing and validating air- or liquid-cooling solutions for high-power electronics through qualification, NPI, and mass production.
• Ability to independently lead complex technical activities across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Excellent technical communication skills in English required.

Nice to have

• Semiconductor package thermal design and characterization experience.
• Background in automotive ECUs, high-performance compute platforms, and automotive qualification.
• Hands-on experience with heat pipes, vapor chambers, and cold plates.
• Experience working with Tier-1 suppliers, OEMs, packaging houses, and thermal solution vendors.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work across multiple next-generation autonomous driving programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration spanning architecture, hardware, packaging, validation, suppliers, and OEM customers.
• Opportunity to contribute from early concept development through qualification and mass production.