Battery Thermal Engineer

A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for a Battery Thermal Engineer to join their team.
Job Responsibilities:
As a member of the Battery Modeling team, you will be responsible for Thermal modeling for all products.
Develop of state of art Thermal as well as multi-physics finite volume (FE) models of cell, pack, and BMS sub-systems.
Generate models/capability to convert power map into thermal outputs.
Perform advanced Thermal/CFD simulations to evaluate and enhance understanding of the various boundary conditions at the cell, pack, BMS sub-systems around battery packs well as in system.
Use best in class tools and solvers to generate the necessary simulation models and results.
Develop optimized workflows and/or reusable templates for regularly required thermal simulations.
Develop and implement thermal modeling best practices.
Work with CAE vendors to drive the functionality improvements to better serve the CAE needs of the group.
Explore new analysis types and solutions, including topological optimization.
Extract Reduced Order Models (ROM) from CFD simulations to speed up the exploratory studies
Candidate Qualifications:
MS/PhD + 3 yrs industry experience
Mechanical engineering background with strong foundation in CFD and thermal modeling
Must-have expert level skillset related to Ansys electronic desktop (AEDT) and Icepak in AEDT
Python or other scripting languages
Preferred Qualifications:
MS/PhD + 5 yrs relevant experience
Familiarity in Cadence Allegro and electronics layout design
Familiarity with li-ion cells and battery packs
Familiarity with NX, Comsol
Experience in electronics cooling

Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months with extension
Work Location: Cupertino, CA (onsite)
Pay rate: $74.00 - $89.00 ph (DOE)