Thermal and Performance Architect

** Job Summary
** This role serves as a senior mechanical and thermal engineering leader responsible for driving large, complex initiatives that directly impact the company’s long-range goals and product strategy. The position defines and leads 3–5 year technology roadmaps for thermal and mechanical engineering, identifying key inflection points in Phase Change Materials (PCM), vapor chamber technologies, and active cooling innovations.

The role operates at the system architecture level, leveraging deep technical expertise in thermal fluids, simulation, and hardware design to influence decision-making at the highest organizational levels. This leader partners closely with silicon vendors, software, firmware, and hardware teams to co-design solutions optimized for performance, performance per watt, acoustics, skin temperature, and form factor, while ensuring compliance with enterprise standards across multiple organizations and architectures.
** Responsibilities
* * Review designs and project activities for compliance with engineering standards, development guidelines, and quality requirements, providing actionable feedback to improve product outcomes
** Education & Experience Recommended
** Typically 10+ years of experience in similar roles such as Principal or Senior Thermal Performance Engineer Extensive experience across the hardware development lifecycle, from early architecture through production Experience using thermal mockups and validation methods to confirm thermal solutions during early architecture phases Hands-on experience with:
Proficiency with CAD and simulation tools, including:
** Knowledge & Skills*
* ** Cross-Organizational Skills*
* ** Disclaimer
* * This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is **$174,050
** to **$278,450
** USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

** Benefits:
** HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
* Health insurance
* Dental insurance
* Vision insurance
* Long term/short term disability insurance
* Employee assistance program
* Flexible spending account
* Life insurance
* Generous time off policies, including;
* 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
* 11 paid holidays
* Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave ()Learn more about HP personal data practices at ,  (where applicable), , and .You can be yourself ck  to submit a request for support.
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