Senior Lead Engineer, Thermal Design

Senior Lead Engineer, Thermal Design

Date : Sep 30, 2025

Location : Penang, 07, MY

Functional Area : Engineering

Career Stream : Design Engineering Hardware

SAP Short Name : SLE-ENG-DHW

Job Level : Level 09

IC / MGR : Individual Contributor

Direct / Indirect Indicator : Indirect

Detailed Description

• Responsible for thermal solutions design to meet product requirements
• Conduct the detailed thermal assessment by calculation and simulation analysis to ensure the optimal thermal solution is implemented.
• Responsible for delivering comprehensive thermal proposals for RFQ technical response and presenting thermal proposals to customers
• Work closely with heat sink vendors to develop cost‑efficient heat sink solutions to meet performance and cost targets.
• Provide a power‑saving fan speed control strategy and work closely with the software team to ensure fan speed control is implemented.
• Participate in thermal technology research and development to meet the thermal requirements of future IT equipment.
• Provide innovative and creative solutions to resolve thermal challenges and issues
• Establish and improve thermal processes and guidelines.
• Responsible for thermal test validation of IT equipment including server / storage / switch product.
• Set‑up thermal test environment and execute the thermal test including wind tunnel test and temperature test.
• Work with other function team to resolve thermal relevant issues.
• Document comprehensive thermal test plan and report.
• Minimum 6 years experience in thermal design / simulation / test validation for data centre IT equipment
• Strong user of Flotherm as CFD analysis tool for performing steady state simulation analysis. Transient analysis is a plus
• Expertise in various heat sinks, heat pipes, Vapor chamber design / selection as well as Air mover,
• TIM selection, liquid cooling or other advanced cooling technology experience is a plus
• Expertise and experience in various fan speed control methodologies and over-temperature protection mechanism
• Familiar with thermal measurement technology and test tools such as temperature data logger, IR camera, wind tunnel, air speed meter, etc.
• Familiar with Mechanical design tools such as Creo for 3D model checks, tolerance analysis methodology for heat sink retention design is a plus
• Familiar with industry standard including NEBS, GR-63, ASHRAE, MSA,etc
• Server / storage / switch product experience is preferred.
• Familiar with fluid dynamic and heat transfer knowledge
• Hands on experience on validation test of various fan speed control algorithm and over temperature protection mechanism
• Good skills in thermal test data analysis and report

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Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

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