Principal Thermal Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 May 23, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype,OneDriveand the Microsoft Azure platform globallywith our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and deliveringa trustedexperience to customers and partners worldwide.As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware (HW) infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, we are looking for a Principal Thermal Engineer join our team!
ResponsibilitiesProvide technical leadership for the design and development of complex liquid cooling solutions including liquid to air heat exchangers and CDUs at the rack and server level in datacenters.Oversee thermal and mechanical implementation of fluid distribution systems within server racks, including:Fluid flow and pressure managementCold plate design and reliabilityPump design and reliabilityMaterial compatibility and corrosion resistanceFluid/air volume managementUtilize expertise in fluid systems design to deliver high-performance liquid cooling with production-level reliability.Technical Leadership within Azure's Thermal Engineering Team:Contribute to the design of servers, racks, and associated datacenter building blocks.Develop interface management for liquid systems and establish scalable development standards.Collaborate with Microsoft's datacenter engineering and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment of Azure systems.Manage supplier relationships to ensure robust designs and predictive roadmaps for future technologies.Work with ODM and SI partners for proper development and implementation of liquid cooling technologies.Documentation and Cross-Program Leadership:Create product specifications, interface control documents, and collateral to clearly communicate design intent and expectations.Provide technical leadership across programs to ensure integrated and robust fluid systems design.Potentially lead specific programs as the primary Thermal Engineer, developing complete cooling solutions.Principal Thermal Engineer Role Impact:Ensure a reliable, systems-focused approach to liquid cooling for Microsoft datacenters globally. | |