Thermal Lab Lead

We are seeking a highly motivated person to join our team as Thermal Lab Lead where you will help build and maintain a world class thermal lab to support the testing of all the thermal assemblies of our high-performance data center products. You will play a key role in the development lifecycle of Etched products, interfacing with engineers and enabling the testing and validation of cutting edge thermal designs. You will also work closely with lab operations on future lab build outs and deployment of CDUs and liquid cooled racks. You will interface with thermal technicians, plan, and delegate tests to meet aggressive timelines. This position requires very high hands-on ownership, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills to support continuous high speed growth.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day thermal lab operations, including test benches, equipment, and consumables inventory.
• Develop test plans and procedures in partnership with thermal engineering.
• Own test setup, instrumentation, execution, data-quality review, and reporting against agreed objectives and acceptance criteria.
• Develop, maintain, and validate automation tools for test execution, data acquisition, and data reduction and analysis.
• Coordinate testing requests across multiple teams, establish priorities with stakeholders, and forecast equipment, capacity, and staffing bottlenecks.
• Lead thermal technicians, assign testing activities, provide technical guidance, and review completed work.
• Maintain lab procedures and coordinate equipment maintenance, calibration, and safe operating practices with lab operations.
• Partner with lab operations to plan future lab capabilities, equipment, and infrastructure.
• Assist with the installation, integration, and commissioning of primary and secondary cooling loops in partnership with facilities, lab operations, equipment vendors, and qualified contractors.
• Assemble thermal test vehicles, including wiring and soldering of PCBs and heaters.
• Commission CDUs and liquid-cooled racks to support lab testing.
• Assist in the design and buildout of Etched thermal labs in Taiwan.

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