Electronics Cooling Researcher (m/f) Job in Munich, Bayern Germany


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Global Research

About Us

GE Global Research – Europe employs approximately 200 engineers and scientists from more than 30 different countries. Our scientists and technologists come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, sciences and materials research.

Located in the heart of southern Germany, Global Research – Europe sits on the Garching campus of the Technical University of Munich. This creates a unique blend for our scientists to be in a university setting, while performing research in a world-class industrial lab that is dedicated to bringing new technologies to market. The facility also operates closely with technology teams at GE businesses across the globe, ensuring effective transition of breakthrough innovations from the lab into advanced products and services. Within the RD community, the center maintains close partnerships with numerous universities, research institutions and technology companies in Germany and abroad.

Current research at the facility focuses on automated manufacturing of composite parts, waste heat recovery for industrial and power applications, grid integration of renewable energies, molecular imaging for cancer diagnostics, high power electronics for stationary and mobile applications and advanced compressor technologies.

Role Summary/Purpose

As an Electronics Cooling Researcher, you will invent, analyze, and/or investigate cooling technologies for electronic components in various GE products. You will also be expected to articulate the benefit of these technologies to internal/external customers on a frequent basis.

Essential Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work in a team to design and execute various heat transfer and fluid dynamics experiments for a range of GE products, especially power electronics used for high power applications. The candidate will also develop innovative cooling technologies (e. g. liquid cooling, two-phase cooling etc.) and will be responsible for providing vision to the company in these technologies.

As an Electronics Cooling Researcher, you will:

  • Develop conceptual designs for cooling GE’s power electronics systems and electric machines.
  • Develop thermal models and use them to develop new cooling architectures for products.
  • Execute experiments to acquire high-quality, state-of-the-art heat transfer data which will enable calibration and validation of the thermal models.
  • Reduce and interpret these data, and collaborate with colleagues in GE businesses to implement inventions and improvements based on these measurements.

    Qualifications/Requirements

  • Doctorate in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or related discipline OR Masters degree in Mechanical, Thermal, Aerospace Engineering or related discipline with at least 3 years of post-degree experience.
  • Knowledge of commercial CFD and thermal modeling software along with proven ability to work seamlessly with CAD packages
  • Specific experience in all aspects of experimentation, including designing test rigs, and instrumentation, conducting uncertainty analysis, executing experiments, and reducing data.
  • Unique knowledge and experience with advanced electronics cooling technologies.
  • Specific experiences in a relevant fluid dynamics and/or heat transfer experiment.
  • In-depth knowledge of conduction and convective heat transfer.
  • Strong environmental, health and safety ethics.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Can-do attitude.
  • Team-work commitment.
  • Fluency in English.

    Additional Eligibility Qualifications

    Desired Characteristics

  • Basic German
  • Doctorate degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
  • Experience running commercial CAD, finite element and CFD codes.
  • 10 plus years of experience in electronics cooling research.
  • Demonstrated project leadership experience, including successful track of completing deliverables on schedule and on budget.
  • Excellent patent and/or publication record
  • Active participation in ASME and/or other heat transfer professional organizations
  • Strong interpersonal skills