Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Thermal Science

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $168K - $231K

Flock Safety is a technology company focused on eliminating crime and enhancing community safety through an intelligent platform. This platform integrates cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies to foster a safer future. Flock's full-service, maintenance-free technology is trusted nationwide to solve and deter crime, aiming for safer communities for everyone. Their comprehensive public safety platform provides actionable evidence to reduce crime across various environments, utilizing unbiased data for objective answers without compromising transparency or privacy. Flock offers a career-defining experience with a positive and inclusive remote work environment that values strong relationships and a bias towards action. The company has secured over $700M in venture capital, achieving a valuation exceeding $7.5B, and is focused on reducing crime in the United States by 25% within the next three years.

This specific role is for a Senior Staff Thermal Engineer, a Thermal Subject Matter Expert who will play a key role in defining the product architecture for advanced drone technology. The position offers significant impact, influencing decisions across Mechanical, Electrical, and Performance domains, and contributing to advancements in the drone market and community benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in consumer electronics, Industrial IoT, or related industries, with a specialization in Mechanical/ID and thermal design optimization.
• 5+ years of experience designing advanced thermal systems for integrated hardware products.
• Deep expertise in thermal management design elements, including TIM, spreaders, heat sinks, vapor chambers, heat pipes, and fans.
• Proven experience designing both passive and active thermal management systems.
• Skilled in thermal testing, including sensor selection, data acquisition, and post-processing.
• Expert in creating FEA-CFD models and conducting full thermal system simulations and analyses.
• Proficient with thermal simulation tools such as ANSYS-Icepak, Flotherm, and similar.
• Familiarity with designing for industry-leading, ARM-based processor systems (e.g., Qualcomm, Ambarella, Nvidia).
• Adept at designing and executing thermal tests in a lab environment, with hands-on experience in airflow and temperature measurement.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks, Creo).
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical content effectively, both written and verbally.

Flock encourages candidates who may not meet every qualification to apply, as they recognize that women and minorities may be less likely to apply unless they meet all listed criteria.

Responsibilities

• Define product architecture for advanced drone technology.
• Influence decisions across Mechanical, Electrical, and Performance domains.
• Advance the drone market and provide tangible benefits to communities through thermal engineering expertise.
• Design and optimize thermal management systems for integrated hardware products.
• Conduct thermal testing, including sensor selection, data acquisition, and post-processing.
• Create FEA-CFD models and perform thermal system simulations and analyses.
• Execute thermal tests in a lab environment, utilizing hands-on experience with airflow and temperature measurement.

Company Information

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone. Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers. Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

90 Days at Flock

Flock operates with a results-oriented culture and believes in structured 90-day plans. The following outlines a preview of the first 30 days for this role:

The First 30 Days:

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.