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Thermal Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, California, Austin, Texas$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

The Apple Thermal team seeks a world-class Thermal Engineer to contribute to the Definition and Design of Apple products, ensuring thermal objectives are met from concept to design fruition to optimize user experience.

Responsibilities

  • - Ensure that, from initial concept to design fruition, all thermal objectives are met or surpassed to optimize user experience.
  • - Apply deep understanding of heat transfer and fluid flow to complex design problems.
  • - Communicate technically complex material effectively within cross-functional design teams.
  • - Develop and utilize modeling and post-processing to illustrate key conclusions.

Qualifications

  • - BS in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Mechanics
  • - 5+ years deep technical and functional expertise in conduction, convection (passive and active), and radiation
  • - Numerical modeling techniques and concepts (convergence, discretization, and meshing)
  • - Strong communication skills
  • - MS or PhD (preferred) in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Heat Transfer or Fluid Mechanics
  • - Understanding of heat sinks, heat pipes and vapor chambers, fans, blowers, and nontraditional air movers, aero-acoustics
  • - CAD and CFD tools (NX, Ansys, StarCCM)
  • - Optimization techniques
  • - Scripting languages (perl, tcl, etc.)
  • - MATLAB, C++, R, JMP or equivalent toolkit for data analysis
  • - Flow and thermal measurement techniques
  • - Manufacturing processes (for heatsink for example)
  • - Creative thinking for novel solutions to complex, multi-discipline design problems
  • - Persistent attention to detail
  • - Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment

Skills

Required:Heat transfer and fluid mechanics fundamentalsNumerical modelingCAD and CFD toolsCommunication

Benefits

  • - Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • - Retirement benefits
  • - Discounted products and free services
  • - Reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • - Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (possible)
  • - Relocation (possible)
  • - Employee stock programs (discretionary RSUs, stock purchase plan)
Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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