R&D Mechanical Design Engineer - Combustion at Linde plc in Tonawanda, New York

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will lead the development, demonstration, and commercialization of new industrial gas application technologies for Linde’s worldwide customers in glass, biofuels, energy, refining, cement, and related industries


• Lead combustion R&D projects through a stage-gate process; design and conduct testing of new technologies in Linde labs and at customer sites; present results, develop recommendations, and align with leadership on action plans and priorities


• You will collaborate with various teams to meet project milestones on time, and be responsible for technology performance validation and project reporting


• You will also be responsible for the design of laboratory scale, pilot scale and first-of-a-kind commercial scale custom equipment, and produce fabrication and assembly drawings that are tightly integrated with existing customer processes


• Work closely with the customers to evaluate different process and equipment designs to best optimize the integration of the R&D technologies with the customers’ processes


• You will be expected to perform techno-economic analysis for integration of Linde technologies with customer processes and present recommendations to the stakeholders


• Develop PFDs/P&IDs and participate in safety reviews and hazard analyses


• Work with equipment suppliers or engineering companies on process detail design, equipment specification, and procurement


• You will also lead or participate in field construction, startup activities, commissioning and performance validation


• Support Linde customers and business units and assist them to troubleshoot operational problems


• Support development of marketing materials, make presentations at external technical meetings and conferences, participate in technical discussions with current and prospective customers

What makes you great

• You will have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 5 or more years’ experience in process equipment design and specifications


• You must have experience as a project lead collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on technology/process evaluations and execution of projects leading to commercialization at customer sites


• Strong mechanical design skills with expertise in creating CAD drawings and fabrication drawings using SolidWorks and/or Inventor


• You will possess expertise in equipment design and understanding the technology integration with customers’ operations


• You will have experience in process equipment maintenance and troubleshooting


• You must be able to travel up to 20% of the time (domestic and international)


• Combustion experience and/or experience working with glass, biofuels, energy, chemicals, or refining is preferred


• Hands-on process startup and operation experiences are preferred


• Experiences leading or participating in new technology developments through idea generation, proof of concept, field demonstration, and commercialization is also preferred


• Knowledge in process control systems and troubleshooting is also preferred