Lead Thermal Simulation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform thermal simulations to assess heat generation, cooling strategies, and system-level performance
• Partner with mechanical, electrical, and controls engineers to influence design decisions
• Build simulation models for robotic actuators, transmissions, mechanisms, and integrated assemblies
• Correlate simulation results with physical testing to improve model accuracy
• Support architecture trade studies and identify technical risks to improve reliability and manufacturability
• Develop simulation workflows, standards, and best practices across the robotics organization
• Support root cause investigations using test data and failure analysis

Requirements

• Strong intuition for mechanical systems and real-world hardware behavior
• Ability to use first-principles engineering to solve multidisciplinary problems
• Experience operating in ambiguous environments to guide architecture decisions
• Ability to balance modeling rigor with practical engineering speed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in thermal simulation and design of complex electromechanical systems
• Proficiency with CAE tools such as Simcenter 3D, Abaqus, Ansys, Nastran, LS-DYNA, or COMSOL
• Experience correlating simulation models with physical test data for high-volume products
• Familiarity with robotic systems, actuators, power electronics, or batteries
• Experience developing simulation methodologies or automation tools

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.