Principal Engineer Packaging Engineering

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a Packaging Engineer, you will work in the Packaging R&D group on thermal designs across semiconductor packaging level, flash product printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) level, and host level.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for thermal modeling (CFD) and validation of flash products PCBA using analytical/numerical analysis and measurement techniques.
• The focus will be on solutions to meet increased demands for small form factor packages with constrained physical and thermal environments.

REQUIRED:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering plus >3 years, or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering plus >5 years of relevant industrial experience.
• Solid knowledge through academic coursework or experience required in thermal modeling and measurements of IC packaging and related areas.
• A strong background in thermal sciences with emphasis on both analytical and measurement methods.
• Thorough knowledge of material thermal properties and test methods.
• Working knowledge in applying Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in related areas; and familiarity with software tools such as FloTHERM and ANSYS Icepak.
• Working knowledge in scientific programming
• Demonstrated strong work ethic.
• Ability to work in a team environment and interact with other engineers to define and implement numerical and lab experiments for feasibility and validation of concepts and solutions to support new package technology development.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic.
• Ability to work in a global team environment and interact with other engineers to define and implement experiments and conduct relevant simulation for feasibility and validation of concepts and provide design solutions to support new package technology development.

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the Final date to receive applications will 08/21/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an…