Senior Liquid Cooling Thermal Design & Validation Engineer
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $162,500–$211,037 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $187k for comparable roles.
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AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors
Amd currently has 367 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $166,400–$249,600 across 367 roles with salary data.
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As a Staff Liquid Cooling Thermal Design & Validation Engineer within the Data Center Platform Engineering Group, you will develop and validate liquid cooling solutions for data center GPU and AI computing platforms. You will manage thermal-mechanical solution development from initial concept through prototype validation and production readiness while collaborating with internal teams and external vendors on cold plate, heat sink, and rack-level technologies. Your daily work involves performing thermal simulations, laboratory testing, flow network modeling, pressure drop analysis, and temperature mapping to identify bottlenecks. Required skills include proficiency in CFD tools like Icepak or Ansys Fluent, CAD software such as Creo or SolidWorks, and programming languages including Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW. You will solve complex cooling challenges for high-power electronics by applying principles of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and manufacturing tolerances to ensure reliable AI infrastructure performance.
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