R&D Package Thermal Design Engineer

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a package thermal design engineer, you will work in the Packaging R&D group on thermal designs across semiconductor packaging level, flash product and hard disk drive (HDD) printed circuited board assembly (PCBA) level, and host level.
• In this position, you will be responsible for influencing package and product thermal designs and advancing the technology of semiconductor packaging.
• Scope is to address all thermal aspects of packaging technology and associated material and process interactions.
• Focus will be on solutions to meet increased demands for small form factor packages with constrained physical and thermal environments.
• Candidate will be responsible for the modeling and characterization of thermal response of the flash products and HDD PCBA using analysis and measurement techniques.
• This position will interface with package & product design, electrical and physical characterization, assembly R&D and other process teams.
• Lab work will be required.

Successful candidates for this position must have:

• Solid knowledge through academic coursework or experience required in thermal modeling and measurements of IC packaging and related areas.
• A strong background in thermal sciences with emphasis on both analytical and measurement methods.
• Thorough knowledge of material thermal properties and test methods.
• Working knowledge in applying Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in related areas; and familiarity with software tools such as FloTHERM and ANSYS Icepak.
• Working knowledge in scientific programming
• A good understanding of semiconductor packaging processes, materials, technology, and trends such as: substrate design and manufacturing, molding, wire-bonding, die attach, flip chip, etc.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic.
• Ability to work in a team environment and interact with other engineers to define and implement numerical and lab experiments for feasibility and validation of concepts and solutions to support new package technology development.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Ph.D. in mechanical engineering is preferred

PREFERRED:

• Knowledge of machine learning is a plus
• Thermal management understanding is a plus
• Reduced order model experience is a plus

Additional Information

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