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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Staff, Thermal Architect - **Company:** Dell Technologies Inc. - **Location:** Round Rock, TX, United States - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Data Centers, Hardware Design, Information Technology - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27887345/Technical-Staff-Thermal-Architect-Texas-Round-Rock-1312 ## About the Role * Experience collaborating with customers on architectural and design requirements spanning IT Systems to Datacenter Thermal technologies * Advanced working knowledge of heat transfer and the ability to analyze component /system level problems and apply advanced cooling technologies * Solid understanding and knowledge of and relationships with key suppliers of data center power and thermal management components * Ability to collaborate with Dell's technology partners and supply base on cutting edge technology development and work with ODMs on mechanical, thermal & electrical aspects of system design * Understanding of the competitive and business needs while developing technical solutions including knowledge of manufacturing processes and the tolerance control requirements for high volume production environments, and author architecture specification to be a guiding light for development of future products. * Experience interfacing effectively with suppliers to ensure they are both doing research and providing information on products or services that have value to the company, instigating and coordinating these efforts as necessary on a continual basis * Ability to understand business needs while developing technical solutions; need to be able to travel 20%-30% to assess customer requirements and develop blueprints. Desirable Requirements 15 + years of related experience. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on thermal science, fluid dynamics and/or heat transfer for data center implementations. Years of experience offset with an advanced degree ## Description Responsible for applied research or advanced engineering in the development of new products, materials, or processes. Responsibilities include the assimilation and understanding of the industry and competitive environment for a given technology or product line, and the derivation of a technology/product strategy from this information. Leads technology investigations, performs a strategic analysis of the industry capabilities, and develops recommendations, which influence the technical product strategy and/or definition of products for a given product line, including evaluation of potential acquisitions and vendor partner opportunities. Engages design teams, systems engineering, marketing teams, suppliers, and business unit leaders and executives to ensure the strategy or product architecture meets Dell's requirement of product leadership for the given technology area or product line. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Technical Staff - Data Center Thermal Architect on our Engineering Technologist Team in Austin, Texas. What you'll achieve As a Technical Staff, Data Center Thermal Architect, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on the architecture of next generation large scale AI Infrastructure including accelerated compute, AI fabrics and AI optimized storage. In addition to AI IT technologies, this role will leverage state-of-the-art rack and data center power solutions and innovative liquid cooling technologies. As part of an advanced technology pod, you will define long-term technology strategies utilizing information from CTO, marketing, development, manufacturing, procurement, customers and industry You will: * Be responsible for driving the architecture of end-to-end solutions from server to data center, including air and liquid cooled servers, integrated rack solutions, power distribution and heat rejection * Innovate power-centric solutions for increasingly dense IT environments * Optimize cost, energy efficiency and performance from IT to the datacenter * Engage with high profile AI customers to optimize solutions for their applications and tune the system for maximum performance. * Develop solution Overview and validate with Engineering * Propose BOM/ SKUs to meet technical requirements and review with Engineering & shape the offer accordingly * Design Air, Liquid and other cooling solutions based on Datacenter and customer requirements * Drive hardware design based on customer requirements and required infrastructure. Address liquid cooling solutions and other platform engineering aspects that scale based on datacenter requirements. * Define hardware topologies that are optimized for efficiency and performance for AI workloads. Take the first step towards your dream career Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. 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