# Thermal Design Engineer at Mind Robotics

- Company: Mind Robotics
- What the company does: Mind Robotics builds intelligent, broadly capable robots for industrial deployment in high-impact environments. Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.mindrobotics.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-05-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mindrobotics/7f09ca71-5a5a-410e-9deb-4ea3c0c9b4e5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mind-robotics-thermal-design-engineer/

## About the role

As a Thermal Design Engineer at Mind Robotics, you will own the thermal architecture and analysis for our industrial robots, from high-torque actuators and constrained end effectors to dense on-board compute. You will build high-fidelity CFD/FEA models and validate them through hands-on testing, environmental stress, and hardware instrumentation.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience (or equivalent "hard tech" projects) designing and validating thermal solutions for complex electromechanical systems
- Strong fundamentals in conduction, convection, and radiation, plus working knowledge of two-phase cooling and heat-pipe / vapor-chamber design
- Hands-on experience with CFD tools (Ansys Icepak, Flotherm, SolidWorks Flow Simulation, or similar) and thermal FEA
- Track record solving thermal problems in at least one of: high-torque-density motors / actuators, dense power electronics, or compute (CPU / GPU / custom accelerator)
- Comfortable instrumenting, testing, and debugging thermal performance on real hardware
- Experience designing for volume processes (extrusion, die casting, brazing, stamping) and working with thermal component suppliers and contract manufacturers

Tags: Hardware Engineering