Thermal Engineering Technical Leader

Who We Are

You will be part of an outstanding Technology and Quality Group in Supply Chain Operations and contribute to developing, road-mapping and implementing sophisticated end to end thermal solutions for Cisco’s products.

What You Will Do

• Develop and lead system thermal technology roadmap in partnership with microelectronics packaging suppliers, thermal interface material suppliers, cooling solution providers and internal partners to meet Cisco products’ needs.
• Develop quality strategy for liquid cooling manufacturing process.
• Investigate innovative liquid cooling solutions for hardware systems in large scale.
• Derive the tradeoffs in thermal performance of different package design elements (substrate, underfill, thermal interface material, heat spreader etc.) and chip thermal gradients from experimental test data.
• Develop test plans and qualification requirements to ensure mechanical and manufacturing adaptability of thermal cooling solutions (pumps, heat pipes, vapor chambers, heat sinks, liquid cooling etc.).
• Engage with external vendors including ODM and component vendors on design, test and production.
• Develop and publish case studies/technical papers describing thermal analysis of cooling systems.
• Establish the parameters for thermal design/testing, correlation of design/test results to model predictions.
• Contribute to analytical and numerical models using various Computational Fluid Dynamics tools to simulate and analyze different device level cooling schemes.
• Drive supplier ecosystem development, and participate in industry consortia, conferences and collaborate with academia and other strategic partners to develop new methodologies and influence Cisco’s position in the industry.
• Integrate Circuit Thermal simulation and testing and system level cooling technologies.
• Mechanical design validation and testing for electronic assemblies
• Coordinate Circuit Packaging technologies (BGA, large body size Flip Chip BGA, 2.5D and 3D Packaging)
• Component and system reliability analysis

Who You Will Work With

The Component Quality and Technology Organization in Supply Chain Operations is a key hub of technical innovation in Cisco. Members of the organization have a broad scope of influence: interacting with Business Units, Product Operations, Manufacturing Operations, Planning and Fulfillment, Supplier Management and directly with Suppliers. In addition, members of the organization participate in industry consortia, conferences and collaborate with academia and other strategic partners. The organization focuses on evaluating and adopting new component technologies to help Cisco leapfrog the competition in sophisticated algorithms and solutions to solve complex problems.

Who You Are

• Experience with troubleshooting and thermal validation with data acquisition systems, airflow, and environmental chambers. Familiar with manufacturing process for key liquid cooling components.
• Ability to lead by influence without direct reporting chain and advise executive decision makers.
• Self-starter, consistent record to work independently on multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to think quickly, respond to changing demands, anticipate future problems, and recommend preventative courses of action.
• Excellent communication, project management and metrics design skills
• Ability to create presentations for diverse audiences and varying executive levels to support agile decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical/Thermal or Chemical Engineering
• 10+ years’ experience in design, simulation, and testing of thermal solutions for electronic devices and systems
• Extensive experience with advanced air-cooling technologies (vapor chamber and remote heat sinks, thermal interface materials, fans/fan trays)
• Experience with liquid cooling and/or immersion cooling

Preferred qualifications:

• MS or PhD in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of relevant proven experience in microelectronics thermal cooling.
• Experience with JEDEC JESD 51 thermal testing standards
• Experience with Thermal Interface Material Thermal Conductivity Testing procedures and microelectronics packaging design and manufacturing process

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

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Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.