thermal-analysis jobs in San Diego

Engineering Manager leading a mechanical systems team at an aerospace company designing and delivering actuated mechanisms for air vehicles. Responsible for end-to-end mechanism design (doors, landing gear, flight control actuation, propulsion systems), setting quality standards, enabling team autonomy, and fostering cross-functional collaboration across systems, structures, aero, propulsion, GNC, avionics, manufacturing, and test.…See more Will mentor and develop engineers, manage workload across multiple builds and test campaigns, and ensure transparent communication of risk and schedule impacts. Requires 10+ years in aerospace mechanisms and actuated system design with 2+ years in a team leadership role.

As a Staff System Performance Engineer, you will research, simulate, and validate performance across Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets, optimizing power, performance, and thermal behavior for Mobile, Compute, Automotive, and IoT platforms. You will profile complex concurrent system use-cases in emulation and software environments (Android/Linux/Windows), define performance analysis plans across multiple workloads (CPU, GPU, AI/ML), and identify optimization opportunities in SoC software and hardware architectures.…See more You will lead triage of performance issues, collaborate with cross-functional teams on power and thermal solutions, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires 4+ years of post-silicon power/performance analysis experience, strong programming skills (Python, C/C++), deep understanding of ARM SoC architecture, and the ability to communicate findings to senior leadership and drive architectural decisions.