Thermal Research Engineer Intern

About the Role

As a technical intern, you will work with electrical and mechanical engineers to design, prototype, and validate cooling solutions for power conversion systems across industrial, automotive, truck, and aerospace applications. Responsibilities include creating specifications, designing solution concepts, building and testing prototypes, documenting results, and presenting the value proposition of new technologies. You will collaborate with multi‑disciplinary, globally distributed teams and external partners such as national labs, universities, and customers, providing project updates and supporting schedules and budgets. • Identify, analyze, develop, and validate advanced cooling technologies for power conversion and electronics. • Create specifications, design solution concepts, and build and test prototypes to validate models. • Use thermal‑fluid modeling and simulation tools (e.g., Icepak, Fluent, ANSYS, COMSOL) for FEA/CFD analysis. • Design or test liquid and immersion cooling solutions, including material compatibility and BOM selection for heat exchangers, pumps, fans, and heat sinks. • Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers on power conversion system designs for industrial, automotive, truck, and aerospace applications. • Participate in multi‑disciplinary, globally distributed teams, supporting specific tasks, project schedules, and budgets. • Work with external partners, including national labs, universities, and research institutes, to advance cooling technology projects.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸thermal modeling
• ▸cfd simulation
• ▸prototype testing
• ▸cooling design
• ▸bom selection
• ▸team collaboration

What You Bring

The role requires a graduate (preferably PhD) student in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on advanced cooling technologies. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics as applied to power electronics, electromagnetics, power conversion, and electric drives. Proficiency in modeling and simulation tools such as Icepak, Fluent, ANSYS, and COMSOL, as well as experience with thermal‑fluid FEA/CFD analysis, is essential. Knowledge of all heat‑transfer modes, two‑phase cooling, advanced materials, and 3‑D CAD software (Creo, Inventor, SpaceClaim, SolidWorks) is also required. • Hold a graduate (preferably PhD) degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on advanced cooling. • Possess at least one year of experience in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics applied to power electronics. • Understand all modes of heat transfer and have knowledge of two‑phase cooling and advanced materials. • Proficiently operate 3‑D CAD software such as Creo, Inventor, SpaceClaim, or SolidWorks. • Communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, and present technology value propositions.

Requirements

• ▸phd
• ▸thermodynamics
• ▸fluid dynamics
• ▸heat transfer
• ▸3d cad
• ▸ansys

Work Environment

Office Full-Time