Senior Staff Thermo Mechanical Design Engineer

Amperesand is looking for a Senior Staff Thermo-Mechanical Design Engineer to play a key technical leadership role in developing its next-generation medium-voltage solid-state power conversion platform. This is a highly hands-on, end-to-end role where you’ll own the architecture of our complete thermal system—from architecture and concept selection, system sizing and modeling, CAD and detailed design, thermal CFD simulation, coolant and airflow routing, design for manufacturing and assembly, thermal system validation, and troubleshooting.

What You Will Do

Own the complete thermal system for Amperesand’s solid-state power conversion platform from architecture into mass-production. Select the architecture of our next-generation thermal system to meet and exceed product-level requirements. Concept selection for how to implement the selected architecture. Model the thermal system performance across our operating conditions and mission profiles.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We are looking for someone with deep thermal system design expertise, system modeling, detailed design experience, and a track record of independently leading complex technical work and solving novel problems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience
• Master’s or PhD in mechanical engineering or related field, BS with evidence of exceptional accomplishment
• Thermal system design, mechanical design, CAE expertise
• Demonstrated ability to deliver a thermal system and solve novel engineering problems
• Hands-on testing and validation experience
• Ability for technical leadership of 1-3 junior engineers working under you on the thermal system

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)