Senior Engineer, Heat Transfer

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The Impact You'll Make The Senior Engineer, Heat Transfer is a technical expert role within the Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics Team, focused on applied research and technology development for plate heat exchangers (PHEX) and advanced heat-transfer solutions. The role drives technology projects that create future product and business opportunities by exploring, developing, and validating innovative heat-transfer technologies. Activities span customer and market-driven technology scouting, concept development, modeling and simulation, digital tool development, experimental investigation, and technical validation of new solutions. What You’ll Be Doing Lead and coordinate heat-transfer technology development projects, defining technical scope, work packages, milestones, resources, risks, and deliverables to support future product and technology roadmaps. Develop and advance plate heat exchanger (PHEX) technologies, including new geometries, design methodologies, and performance concepts for single-phase and two-phase flow and heat-transfer applications. Build, validate, and continuously improve physics-based models, simulation methodologies, engineering correlations, data-processing techniques, and digital tools for predicting and optimizing PHEX and system performance. Maintain strong hands-on engagement with laboratory activities, including daily interaction with heat exchanger testing programs, test planning, test execution, data acquisition, troubleshooting, results interpretation, and continuous improvement of test methods and capabilities. Plan and execute experimental investigations and technology validation activities, including laboratory testing, calculation, simulation, data analysis, regression studies, and technical reporting to support innovation and technology development. Support New Product Development (NPD) projects by providing expert guidance on heat transfer, fluid flow, pressure drop, thermal performance, and application-related technical challenges. Collaborate with Product Management, Sales, Applications Engineering, and customers to understand market needs and customer pain points, translate them into technical requirements, and develop validated technical solutions. Generate innovative concepts and transform them into feasible, scalable, and commercially relevant technologies through proof-of-concept development, experimental validation, and technology maturation. Develop engineering methodologies, software tools, and digital capabilities that enhance the prediction, design, optimization, and selection of plate heat exchangers. Monitor and assess emerging technologies, patents, academic research, competitive solutions, and market trends to identify innovation opportunities and strengthen technical capabilities. Contribute to technology roadmaps, build internal technical expertise, and influence the future direction of single-phase and two-phase heat-transfer technologies through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. What We're Looking For 3+ years of relevant experience in heat exchangers, thermal systems or heat-transfer technology development, with demonstrated ownership of technical projects. Strong knowledge of both single-phase and two-phase flow and heat transfer, including boiling, condensation, pressure drop, heat-exchanger thermal-hydraulic performance, and system-level thermal behavior. Proven experience in heat-transfer technology development, including modeling, simulation, experimental validation, performance analysis, and engineering methodology development. Proficiency in engineering modeling and digital development tools, such as system-level simulation tools, Python, MATLAB, Modelica, automated data-processing workflows, optimization methods, or equivalent software platforms. Basic experience with CFD is a plus. Good understanding of refrigeration systems and components, including evaporators, condensers, refrigerants, system performance, and application requirements across cooling and heating solutions. Knowledge of thermal management and cooling technologies for data center applications, including liquid cooling, heat-recovery solutions, and high-efficiency thermal systems, is highly desirable. Hands-on experience with laboratory testing, test-method development, instrumentation, data analysis and heat-exchanger performance evaluation. Strong customer and market orientation, with the ability to identify customer pain points and translate them into practical, validated technical solutions. Strong innovation mindset, technical curiosity, and technology insight, with the ability to assess industry trends and transform concepts into feasible, scalable, and commercially relevant solutions. Excellent written and spoken English for global technical collaboration, documentation and presentation; willingness and ability to work effectively in an international environment. What You'll Get from Us We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. 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