Principal Platform Thermal Architect

Description

Invent the future with us.

Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List, Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.

By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply. Come invent the future with us.

About the role:

• Provide platform and system thermal technical leadership for Ampere's Domain Specific Accelerators (DSA).
• Provide the competitive analysis of next generation thermal designs for datacenter DSA form factors in both air and liquid-cooled regimes offered by competitors or standards organizations.
• Provide cross functional leadership to derive datacenter platform and system thermal/mechanical design specifications working with silicon architecture team, package design team, and platform design team.
• Perform trade-off studies to meet cost, thermal performance, and compute performance targets.
• Lead thermal/mechanical detailed design activities of Ampere’s DSA’s in terms of components, sub-assemblies, and system integration—from concept to formal cross-functional design reviews.
• Collaborate closely with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturing (DFM) and thermal performance.
• Create the test plan for the thermal/mechanical design and validate the design by conducting validation activities.
• Create the design BOM and release the thermal/mechanical design specification and BOM into Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) database.
• Work with platform team to develop, bring-up, and validate Ampere platforms to meet product requirements.
• Work with the Program Manager to manage the thermal/mechanical design/development activities and associated schedules.
• Provide engineering support for customer questions related to thermal/mechanical design of server platform and system.
• Drive thermal/mechanical technology development activities to enable Ampere's next-generation DSA’s and datacenter products.

About you:

• Server, datacenter, or high-performance computing platform thermal design experience across multiple full product life cycles, from concept to HVM production.
• Expertise in thermodynamics, modeling and simulation with CFD and solid modeling tools, Flotherm and Solidworks or equivalent.
• Experience with OCP Accelerator Module (OAM) and PCIe Add-In Card (AIC) form factors, compatible thermal solutions, and design constraints.
• Experience with liquid cooled thermal solutions and technologies used in Datacenter modules and systems.
• Experience with large, multi-die packages (MCP), silicon layout, construction materials and the relation to cooling strategies.
• Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up and debugging, functional verification, and root cause failure analysis.
• Experience with thermal mechanical validation test processes including First Article Inspection (FAI), shock, vibration and thermal testing & characterization.
• Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor's degree & 8 years of related experience; or Master's degree & 6 years; or PhD & 3 years

Preferred

• Experience with system integration into data center rack level and meeting environmental requirements.
• Experience with 1U, 2U, and 4U server layouts and thermal/mechanical trade-off studies.
• Experience leading Customer/ODM/Contract Manufacturer (CM) product development from definition through manufacturing release.

What we’ll offer:

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $225,600, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $146,300 and $243,800.

Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week. Benefits highlights include:

• Premium medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, as well as income protection and a 401(k) retirement plan, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future
• Unlimited Flextime and 10 paid holidays so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance
• A variety of healthy snacks, energizing espresso, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day

There is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.

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Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.