About Me

Yash Ganatra

Welcome to my website! I am a thermal engineer who ships consumer electronics — I have spent 8+ years taking products like Apple’s iPad Air and iPhone 17, and Amazon’s Echo devices and Astro robot, from first concept through mass production. I specialize in thermal validation (IR imaging, thermocouples, automated test frameworks), evaluating thermal solutions, and developing software thermal management policies and test methods that balance performance with thermal comfort and safety. I love ⚽ 🏓 📖 and learning languages. Also, I helped build a 🚗!

My Career

Thermal Engineer (System Product Design) @ Apple, USA

Thermal design and validation of iPad Air (6th & 7th gen) and iPhone 17 — from concept through mass production. Develop thermal test methods and software thermal management policies.

August 2023 - Present


Work

Thermal Engineer II @ Amazon Lab126, USA

Thermal design and validation of Echo Dot (3rd & 5th gen), Echo Show 10, Echo Studio, Halo Rise and the Astro home robot. Led thermal validation of Amazon’s first consumer robot and built Python test-automation frameworks that cut test time by 50%.

December 2018 - July 2023


Work

Product Engineer @ Syscon International, USA

Developed portable temperature measurement systems for the Iron & Steel industry, from concept to manufacturing.

February 2017 - October 2018


Work

Masters in Mechanical Engineering @ Purdue University, USA

Thesis Research - Cooling smartphones using Phase Change Materials. Read more..

August 2014 - December 2016


Education (minor in Computational Science)

Undergrad in Mechanical Engineering @ Vellore Institute of Technology, India

August 2010 - June 2014


Education (BTech)

Powertrain Engineer @ The RoadRunners

Built an off-road vehicle for BAJA SAE Read more..

August 2010 - June 2014


Undergraduate Project

Undergrad Research Intern @ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

CFD simulation of Electromagnetic Stirrer in ANSYS FLUENT. Read more..

January 2014 - June 2014


Undergrad Thesis Research

Undergrad Research Intern @ Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur

Solar Thermal Energy Storage using Phase Change Materials. Read more..

May 2013 - July 2013


Research

My Skills

Thermal Engineering

  • Thermal validation & testing
  • Touch-temperature limits & user perception studies
  • Virtual temperature sensors (skin-hotspot prediction)
  • Thermal solutions: graphite spreaders, foams, TIMs
  • IR imaging, thermocouples & DAQ
  • Software thermal management policies

Simulation & CAD

  • Ansys Icepak
  • FloTherm XT
  • COMSOL
  • SolidWorks CAD

Product Development & Programming

  • Consumer electronics development (xVT)
  • Use-case & power budget testing
  • Test automation frameworks
  • Python & Unix scripting
  • MATLAB & data analysis

My Projects

Cooling Smartphones with Phase Change Materials

Thermal management solution for smartphones

BAJA SAE

Designed and built an off road vehicle for collegiate racing competition

CFD simulation of Electromagnetic Stirring of Liquid Metals in ANSYS FLUENT

Maxwell's Electromagnetic Equations in ANSYS FLUENT

Heat Transfer Simulation of Phase Change in MATLAB & ANSYS FLUENT

2D CFD & Heat Transfer solver in MATLAB and ANSYS FLUENT

Cooling Micro/Nanoscale Hotspots in Processors using COMSOL

Micro/Nanoscale heat transfer in COMSOL