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Senior Manager, Thermal Design Engineering

Celestica 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America

Full-time Senior Manager

Lead a team designing, analyzing, validating, and deploying liquid cooling and thermal solutions for high-density data center racks and next-generation AI compute platforms. Guide cross-functional programs and supplier, customer, and manufacturing relationships while ensuring cooling systems meet performance, reliability, efficiency, and operational requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team designing, analyzing, validating, and deploying liquid cooling and thermal solutions for high-density data center racks and next-generation AI compute platforms. Guide cross-functional programs and supplier, customer, and manufacturing relationships while ensuring cooling systems meet performance, reliability, efficiency, and operational requirements.

Requirements

  • Requires at least 11 years of relevant experience, including a proven record in high-performance server thermal management, advanced liquid cooling design, and hyperscale data center infrastructure. A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is required; a master's or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Thermal-Fluid Sciences is preferred.

Key Skills

Thermal Design Engineering Liquid Cooling Design Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Thermal Analysis Heat Transfer Modeling ANSYS Fluent SolidWorks AutoCAD Finite Element Analysis (FEA) System Validation Performance Benchmarking Reliability Engineering Efficiency Optimization Project Management Cross‑functional Team Leadership Supplier Management Manufacturing Collaboration Data Center Infrastructure AI Compute Platform Knowledge Mechanical Engineering Advanced Mathematics Problem Solving Technical Documentation Risk Assessment Compliance Standards Mentoring Strategic Planning

About Celestica

Celestica is a global technology and innovation partner driven by curiosity and conviction. As a pioneer in technology, we enable critical data center infrastructure for the world's leading hyperscalers, powering AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud at an unprecedented scale. Our work advances high-growth markets from aerospace to healthcare to enterprise, delivering technology that drives real-world innovation. With unwavering dedication to both our customers and colleagues, we empower transformative growth with every solution we deliver. Together, we make great things happen—and move the world forward.

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