Senior Thermal Engineer

We are seeking a creative, curious, and technically rigorous Thermal Engineer to join our Virtual Validation team. This role is central to transforming how we simulate and validate thermal performance across a wide range of home products—including faucets, seals, and composite components—using advanced CFD and conjugate heat transfer methods.
You will play a key role in building high-fidelity digital twins that replace physical testing, accelerate product development, and ensure compliance with performance and regulatory standards. Your work will directly contribute to our goal of eliminating ≥80% of physical thermal testing while maintaining high correlation accuracy and reducing validation lead time.

As the Thermal Engineer, you will lead the development of simulation frameworks that replicate real-world thermal behavior in consumer products. You’ll work closely with material scientists, lab technicians, and data analysts to build predictive models that are both technically robust and scalable across product families.

• Design and execute CFD simulations focused on heat transfer, thermal gradients, and environmental exposure using tools like Ansys Fluent, COMSOL, or similar.
• Model conjugate heat transfer across metals, polymers, and fiber composites, integrating material-specific thermal properties and degradation behaviors.
• Develop parametric simulation templates and playbooks for thermal domains, including chamber testing, accelerated aging, and humidity exposure.
• Calibrate thermal models using coupon test data and validate them against physical results.
• Automate simulation workflows using Python and APDL, enabling scalable meshing, parametric sweeps, and post-processing.
• Integrate AI/ML techniques to:
  • Build surrogate models for rapid design screening.
  • Apply active learning to minimize physical test requirements
  • Support uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis.
• Collaborate with lab technicians to ensure high-quality instrumentation and traceable thermal data for model validation.
• Contribute to simulation governance, including credibility reports, correlation matrices, and KPI dashboards.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in thermal simulation and digital validation.
• Bring a playful, innovative mindset to a fast-paced, cross-functional environment where experimentation and creativity are valued.