Principal Thermal Solutions Engineer - IMEC, Lueven, Belgium

As a pivotal leader within our E uropean Forward Deployment team , you will drive the adoption of Vinci’s platform among the region's top engineering organizations. In this strategic role, you will build, mentor, and guide a high-performing team of thermal engineers dedicated to engaging prospective customers and demonstrating the transformative value of our software.

By acting as trusted technical advisors , you and your team will utilize deep simulation expertise to help enterprise customers validate and optimize complex, real-world designs . Through these collaborative engagements, you will champion Vinci's value proposition—showcasing how our platform delivers systemic improvements in thermal performance, product reliability, and accelerated time-to-market.

Leveraging strong fundamentals in thermal physics and cooling strategies, you will guide analyses of complex thermal management systems, fluid flow dynamics, and heat dissipation challenges. This includes both steady-state and transient thermal behavior. Your team will help customers evaluate critical factors such as thermal risk, component reliability, power density, and cooling efficiency to architect cutting-edge thermal management systems for next-generation hardware.

You will work closely with customer engineering teams to understand their technical challenges, provide expert guidance, and clearly articulate Vinci’s capabilities in solving real-world problems. Additionally, you will serve as a key feedback channel t o product and engineering teams, translating customer insights into actionable inputs that shape product direction and drive continuous improvement.

This is a remote role, with close collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering in Palo Alto, CA, USA. The role includes moderate travel , primarily within continental Europe. Some infrequent intercontinental travel may be required for discussions and collaboration with the US team . .

Multiphysics Breadth: Familiarity with structural mechanical simulations (FEA/stress) and/or Electrical Signal Integrity and Power Integrity (SI/PI) workflows.

Commercial Track Record: Direct experience commercializing technical software—ideally electronic design automation (EDA) or CAE simulation tools—into major semiconductor and electronics enterprises.

Go-To-Market Experience: Prior experience explicitly within technical pre-sales, application engineering (FAE), or strategic technical sales environments.

Emerging Tech Adjacency: Ability to rapidly adopt and champion next-generation, physics-based workflows and AI-assisted design or simulation tools.

Not just use AI, Be part of a team that is actively redefining how the next-generation silicon and hardware are architected.

Work at the absolute convergence of state of the art AI models, fundamental physics, and high-stakes enterprise

Collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers in a fast-moving startup environment.