Senior Principal Thermal Engineer - Data Center

As a Senior Principal Thermal Engineer, you will focus on the alignment of OCI thermal hardware design and the data center physical infrastructure. A mix of technical breadth and depth is required to work cross-functionally with different disciplines (Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, and Software) to develop thermal solution optimized for the entire stack, and effectively manage high performance data centers. You will work with internal and external partners, focusing on delivering the next generation of world class hardware and data centers.

United States based; work from home/remote. Some travel could be required. Full-time with full Oracle benefits. 

Career Level - IC5

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with OCI engineering teams to develop and implement new CFD technologies and methodologies for improving performance and efficiency of OCI platforms and data center infrastructure.
• Technical lead, serving as a resident data center mechanical systems and thermal management domain expert.
• Apply engineering cooling methodologies to craft solutions for small and large-scale data center designs.
• Use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and flow network modeling tools to generate data center digital twin models from chip to external heat rejection solutions.
• Use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and flow network modeling tools to generate models for OCI high density compute, storage and network racks implementing one or more of the following heat rejection methods: air, single-phase liquid direct-to-chip | immersion or two-phase liquid direct-to-chip | immersion.
• Design and conduct experiments for generating and validating accurate CFD models by comparing test results with platform telemetry and facility BMS data.
• Collaborate with various hardware, thermal, and data center engineering teams to conduct reliability studies, debugging, and expedited resolution of hardware/data center infrastructure issues.
• Engage with leading CFD software companies to drive their product roadmap to meet OCI's requirements for high density air and liquid cooling solutions.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal and external partners across the globe to develop platform hardware and data center infrastructure solutions enabling OCI services.
• Lead thermal design reviews and presentations of concepts to peers, partner teams, and executives.
• Work jointly with multidisciplinary teams consisting of both in-house and external partners in the development of Advanced Cooling Solution (ACS) concept prototypes.
• Engage hardware development organizations to drive concepts to the product roadmap and OCI data center fleet.
• Collaborate with multifunctional engineering groups to deliver hardware and data center sites aligned with thermal specifications.
• Collaborate with firmware and controls engineering teams to create robust thermal control and monitoring systems.
• Conduct design/debug investigations and support failure analysis and resolution activities for platforms and data center infrastructure.
• Design and create thermal characterization test plans. Collaborate with technicians and industry partners to complete tests. Analyze results to validate compliance with platform and data center infrastructure specifications.
• Support the high-level thermal design direction and data center strategy for complex systems ranging from advanced computing (HPC, GPU, FPGA Accelerators, etc.) to general purpose compute, storage, network and/or other specialized programs.
• Create robust, scalable, secure, and extensible thermal architecture solutions that account for current and anticipated industry/competitive needs.
• Distill and articulate architectural tradeoffs in the thermal space in terms of key metrics such as feasibility, performance, cost, reliability, availability, and schedule.
• Partner with the platform and data center architects to drive OCI roadmap definitions.
• Acquire and share expert knowledge of multiple technical areas within and across teams working on similar products.
• Look for opportunities to generate intellectual property to help strengthen OCI’s position as a leader in cloud computing.
• Drive and influence technology providers and design partners to develop optimal components and solutions to meet the future requirements of the OCI fleet.
• Partner within the industry and standards bodies to create standards and form factors key to next generation solutions.
• Collaborate with the hardware development and data center design and construction teams to ensure seamless transition from architecture to implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 9+ years cloud scale provider OR related technical engineering experience AND Bachelor’s degree in Mechan