Thermal Development Engineer - San Francisco, United States - Gradient

Description

Job Description

Job Description

Join us at Gradient, where our purpose is to revolutionize home comfort while championing environmental sustainability. Our mission is to combat the escalating challenge of climate change by redefining how homes are heated and cooled.

Today, the environmental impact of heating and cooling systems surpasses that of the entire transportation sector, and without intervention, this trend is set to escalate drastically.

At Gradient, we believe that ensuring comfortable living spaces shouldn't come at the cost of our planet.

We envision a future where every individual can enjoy the luxury of a comfortable home without contributing to carbon emissions.

Our high-efficiency, low-carbon heat pump is just the beginning of our journey toward fully decarbonizing buildings.

By joining Gradient, you'll be at the forefront of a movement to make sustainable living accessible to all, ensuring healthier communities and a brighter, greener future.

As a Thermal Development Engineer, you will select and qualify thermal components and improve thermal control algorithms with a focus on robust, reliable solutions.

You will be expected to understand the effects of the decisions you make on system-level performance and user thermal comfort through experiments and modeling.

You will collaborate with other engineers to integrate these components, algorithms, and subsystems into heat pump products.

Responsibilities:
Develop thermal systems for heat pumps with novel form factors to cut carbon emissions and expand access to healthy, comfortable buildings
Design and optimize heat pumps by investigating components and operating parameters
Design and run experiments, process and understand results, and identify paths forward
Use modeling techniques to understand thermodynamic, flow, and heat transfer processes
Collaborate with designers and engineers to bring improvements to heat pump products

Desired Qualifications:
BS in Engineering or Physics and 2 years of experience in thermal engineering OR MS/PhD in Engineering or Physics
Fundamental understanding of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer
Experience with analyzing data from physical sensors to draw conclusions about larger systems
Experience with

building/assembling/troubleshooting

thermal and/or mechanical systems
Experience with instrumentation and data collection (LabVIEW, Arduino, etc.)
Capable of creating physics-based models using Matlab, Python, or similar
Ability to communicate technical concepts to cross-functional audiences

Bonus Qualifications:
Heat pump, AC, or HVAC design experience
Software development experience

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