Thermal Design Engineer II, Platforms, Google Cloud

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Description For Thermal Design Engineer II, Platforms, Google Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Thermal Design Engineer II to join their Platforms team, focusing on designing and optimizing the hardware infrastructure that powers Google's services. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining Google's data centers and building next-generation platforms. As a Thermal Design Engineer, you'll work on challenges from chip to chiller level, contributing to system architecture and thermal management solutions.

The position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in Google's Technical Infrastructure team, where you'll be responsible for designing and evaluating data center systems. You'll be involved in identifying product requirements and contributing to research and project planning, ensuring Google's continued growth and efficiency.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in thermal design and analysis, with experience in server systems and products. You'll be working with various cooling strategies and thermal engineering fundamentals, requiring both technical expertise and excellent communication skills. This role combines mechanical engineering with thermal management, offering a chance to impact Google's infrastructure at scale.

Working at Google means joining a team that's proud to be the engineers' engineers, taking on complex technical challenges and finding innovative solutions. You'll be part of a company that values diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, with a strong focus on building a representative workforce and creating a culture of belonging.

This position is based in Taipei, Taiwan, offering the opportunity to work with Google's global teams while contributing to the company's critical infrastructure. The role requires English proficiency and offers the chance to work on projects that directly impact Google's service delivery and performance optimization.

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Responsibilities For Thermal Design Engineer II, Platforms, Google Cloud

  • Contribute to overall system architecture from chip to chiller with the interdisciplinary tradeoffs to optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of overall compute infrastructure
  • Develop holistic thermal/mechanical/system designs from package to data center level optimizing for cost and efficiency while innovating for performance
  • Design thermal management hardware including material selection, heat sinks, heat exchangers, air movers, pumps, and all supporting equipment
  • Develop appropriate specifications and test procedures to ensure desired reliability and performance of electronic equipment
  • Collaborate, supervise, mentor, and motivate suppliers to design and develop excellent products
  • Mentor engineers in all aspects of concept development, analysis, design, and specification

Requirements For Thermal Design Engineer II, Platforms, Google Cloud

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes
  • Experience using computer-aided design (CAD) tools such as 3D MCAD, NX, Creo, or Solidworks
  • Master's degree in Mechanical, or Thermal Engineering (preferred)
  • 4 years of experience in thermal design, analysis and validation of server systems and products (preferred)
  • Experience in working with cooling strategies used for packages, boards, systems and data centers (preferred)
  • Experience in designing and analyzing for thermal engineering fundamentals with heat transfer and fluid dynamics (preferred)
  • Experience in capturing temperature, pressure, velocity, power, flow rates, sound, FloTHERM, IcePak, and CAD experience (preferred)
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills in English (preferred)

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