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Technician – Linde Materials Engineering Lab

Tonawanda, NY, United States | req27532

What you will enjoy doing

• In this role you will work closely with metallurgical/materials professionals in a full service metallurgical lab – Materials Engineering Lab (MEL) at the Linde Technology Center (LTC) in Tonawanda, NY; Activities of MEL involve a wide variety of technical service and development work to address safety and reliability issues encountered throughout the Linde group, including fast turnaround work to address field failures/issues as well as longer term development efforts
• You will work closely with development specialists and professionals to support technical service jobs and development activities
• Prepare a wide variety of metal and non-metal test samples, typical sample preparation techniques include rough and precision cutting, metallurgical polishing, and etching
• Maintain equipment used for sample preparation (i.e. saws, polishing equipment, etc.) and perform basic optical microscopy and microhardness testing
• Operate and help maintain the MEL chemical analysis laboratory equipment used to characterize a wide range of non-metallic materials used within Linde and Linde customer processes including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), accelerated rate calorimetry (ARC), differential temperature/thermal gravimetric analysis (DTA/TGA), bomb calorimetry, etc.
• Operate and maintain equipment for flammability testing of metals in oxygen, this includes preparation of metal test samples and reporting of results
• Write basic lab reports to document results for oxygen compatibility testing of non-metallic and metallic materials, assist with design, fabrication, and operation of custom material and component test equipment, as needed for project work
• Also, you will write and maintain safe operation procedures (SOPs) for MEL equipment

What makes you great

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a technical / engineering field required with more than five (5+) years’ experience relevant to job activities listed above
• Basic operation of chemical lab instrumentation such as FTIR, Metallurgical lab experience, including sample preparation (mounting, polishing, etching) and material hardness testing, laboratory furnace operation, experience working with high pressure oxygen, basic skills in CAD and PLC programming and instrumentation / data acquisition experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience in the safe operation of shop and laboratory equipment
• You have good mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot test equipment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage data (excel spreadsheets) and write basic reports is required in this role
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time (domestic)

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a wide range of medical options to suit everyone’s needs. Other benefits include; educational and professional development, employee discount program, 401K, pension plan, and life insurance, just to name a few. The salary range for this role is: $66,000-$82,500.

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We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.