Nexthop AI
New Product Introduction Engineer - Thermal
Santa Clara, California
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 hours ago
Product ManagementAuditingSupply ChainMechanical DesignHardware DesignResearchLeadership
About the role
- At Nexthop AI, our thermal solutions are as complex as the silicon they cool.
- We are looking for a Hardware Product Engineer to act as the ultimate technical authority for our Direct-to-Chip (D2C) and rack-level cooling systems.
Responsibilities
- Critical Vendor Portfolio: Drive our thermal solutions vendor portfolio by auditing, assessing, qualifying, and ramping each vendor and their commodity.
- Use technical expertise to know when a second source is critical and drive the qualification of that second source.
- Equipment Buyoff (FAT/SAT): Lead Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT). You own the "Buyoff" process, ensuring equipment meets precision, repeatability, and safety standards.
- Thermal Validation Lead: Identify and establish the "North Star" metrics for D2C and rack-level integration. Define what we measure, how it's captured at the factory, and why it ensures long-term survival.
- NPI Milestone Leadership: Lead technical reviews for EVT/DVT/PVT milestones, ensuring all thermal exit criteria are met and documented.
- Manufacturing and Quality Integration: Design thermal test vehicles, assembly fixtures, Thermal Interface Material (TIM) application processes and equipment, ensuring our contract manufacturers have the right equipment to gather the data you require.
- D2C Interface Ownership: Lead the technical deployment of Direct-to-Chip cooling. You own the mechanical interface between the ASIC and the cold plate, ensuring the "physics of the contact" is repeatable across multiple PCBA projects.
- TIM Strategy: Define and validate Thermal Interface Material (TIM) application and compression standards to prevent pump-out and ensure decade-long thermal stability.
Requirements
- Equipment Expertise: Proven experience in determining, qualifying, and buying off high-precision manufacturing equipment for liquid-cooled or high-power electronics.
Skills
- Reliability & Qualification Standards
- Technical Authority: Experience holding "Ship/No-Ship" authority in a high-stakes hardware environment.
- Education: BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Science, or a related field.
- What Success Looks Like
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