Principal Thermal Solutions Engineer

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

📋 Description

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

• Establish technical direction, recruit and mentor team members, and oversee field execution.

• Collaborate with Sales on technical discussions, scoping proof of concepts, and conducting product demonstrations.

• Assist customer engineering teams in setting up simulations, navigating complex test cases, and interpreting results.

• Showcase Vinci’s technical capabilities and business value.

• Take ownership of customer onboarding, deployment processes, and account growth.

• Offer senior-level technical guidance, structured training, and advanced troubleshooting support.

• Identify customer challenges and workflow inefficiencies.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to transform customer feedback into new product features.

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

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

• Assist customers in assessing thermal risks, component reliability, power density, and cooling efficiency for next-generation hardware.

⛳️ 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 hands-on experience in thermal management and cooling solutions.

• Extensive knowledge of semiconductor electronics packaging and advanced packaging technologies such as 2.5D/3D IC or foundry ecosystems.

• Previous experience in customer-facing roles.

• Practical programming skills in Python or C++ for workflow automation or simulation data analysis.

• Demonstrated managerial or technical leadership experience.

• Capacity to scale, mentor, and drive performance across engineering teams.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.

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

• Preferred: direct experience in commercializing technical software, preferably EDA or CAE simulation tools.

• Preferred: previous experience in technical pre-sales, application engineering (FAE), or strategic technical sales.

• Preferred: ability to adopt and advocate for physics-based and AI-assisted design or simulation tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work options available.

• Moderate travel primarily within continental Europe.

• Infrequent international travel for collaboration with the US team.

• Opportunity to collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers.

• Fast-paced startup environment.

• Engage at the intersection of cutting-edge AI, fundamental physics, and high-stakes enterprise hardware design.