Principal Thermal Solutions Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Build, lead, and expand a high-performing team of thermal engineers throughout Europe.

• Establish technical direction, recruit, mentor, and facilitate field execution.

• Work alongside Sales on technical discussions, proof-of-concept assessments, and product demonstrations.

• Manage customer simulation setups, intricate test cases, and result interpretation.

• Direct customer onboarding, deployment, account growth, training, and advanced troubleshooting.

• Offer product insights and convert customer feedback into product features in collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.

• Represent Vinci at industry conferences and semiconductor events through technical presentations and live demonstrations.

• Monitor competitive technologies, industry trends, and market positioning.

• Evaluate thermal management systems, fluid flow dynamics, heat dissipation, thermal risks, component reliability, power density, and cooling efficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.

• Expert-level proficiency in commercial simulation software such as Flotherm, Ansys Icepak/Fluent, Simcenter STAR-CCM+, or similar tools.

• Over 15 years of practical experience in thermal management and cooling solutions.

• Extensive knowledge of semiconductor electronics packaging, advanced packaging technologies like 2.5D/3D IC, or foundry ecosystems.

• Previous experience in dedicated customer-facing positions.

• Practical programming skills in Python or C++ for automating workflows or analyzing simulation data.

• Established managerial or technical leadership experience.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.

• Familiarity with structural mechanical simulations (FEA/stress) and/or SI/PI workflows.

• Direct experience in commercializing technical software, particularly EDA or CAE simulation tools, within major semiconductor and electronics companies.

• Prior experience in technical pre-sales, application engineering (FAE), or strategic technical sales roles.

• Capability to adopt and advocate for physics-based workflows and AI-assisted design or simulation tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI models, fundamental physics, and high-stakes enterprise engineering.

• Collaborate with top-tier engineers and researchers.

• Experience a fast-paced startup environment.

• Enjoy remote work from France.

• Moderate travel primarily within continental Europe.

• Occasional international travel to work with the US team.