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Mechanical / Thermal Engineering Intern

Rivos
Santa Clara, CA Intern
POSTED ON 3/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2025

We are looking for a highly motivated Mechanical / Thermal Intern that will mainly be responsible for performing thermal and mechanical analysis and test on electronic components at various scales of Rivos hardware equipment. This position will report to the Thermal / Mechanical Engineering Manager.

What will you do?

  • Responsibilities for this position include but not limited to :
  • Build liquid and air-cooling test setup and procedures
  • Thermal and mechanical testing of the test boards
  • Microchannel cold plate design, test and characterization Wind tunnel measurements to produce Impedance and flow rate data for Rivos enclosures
  • Compile test data and generate reportsTransient thermal modeling of Rivos packages for thermal / power management
  • Support mechanical design at the board and chassis levels
  • Run CFD / FEA simulations (Icepak, Ansys Mechanical) and board level reliability analysis (Sherlock) for thermomechanical integrity and lifetime predictions

Desired Skills and Experience :

  • B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Sciences, a 2nd year M.S. or Ph.D. student in similar disciplines.
  • Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Passionate for working in a startup environment.
  • Enthusiastic about exploring, learning new techniques and applying them to simulations / analysis and design.
  • Experience with liquid cooling systems and testing.
  • Experience with airflow and wind tunnel measurements.
  • MCAD user (Solidworks and / or CREO preferred).
  • Experience with Python.
  • Experience with FEA and CFD simulations (Icepak, Ansys Mechanical and related Ansys suite of tools preferred).
  • Good knowledge / use of MS or Google Office Suite is a must.
  • Hands on with tools, lab equipment and comfortable working with various types of machinery.
  • Familiarity with carrying out various types of measurements and acquiring data on mockups and other lab hardware equipment (strain gauges, stress measurements, temperature measurements, metrology etc.)
  • Implementing test plans : setting up and conducting tests or experiments with attention to detail.
  • Ability to use and interpret data from DAQ systems, perform analyses and data reduction and communicate / present to the hardware team members outside the mechanical / thermal group.
  • Optional Skills :

  • Familiarity with tolerance analysis and ASME Y14.5 GD&T guidelines.
  • Familiarity with LabView (and / or scripting a plus).
  • Familiarity with ANSYS Electronic Desktop
  • Familiarity with various fabrication processes including sheet metal, injection molding, soft and hard tooling.
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