R&D Electronics Gases Scientist

Company: Praxair-R&D
Location: Tonawanda
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 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 and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde s industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company, please visit our website at . Scope: In this position you will be a key member of the Electronics Gases research and development team at the Linde Technology Center (LTC) in Tonawanda, NY. You will engage and collaborate with Linde s regional businesses, global customers, OEMs, and suppliers to develop and commercialize new materials, purification technologies, delivery systems and packaging solutions for its use in the Electronics specialty gases and advanced materials market. Successful candidates should demonstrate strong leadership skills, a team-oriented focus, and be able to champion the innovation process to find technical solutions that meet the needs of our customers. Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead projects for new product development from concept to commercialization.
• Become an internal technical expert in the field of relevant semiconductor materials, their applications, purification, and/or delivery systems.
• Design experimental apparatus, plan, run and/or direct execution of experiments, conduct data analysis, and create efficient presentations for communicating technical results.
• Maintain alignment with development partners, commercial team and customers through all stages of technology development.
• Actively participate in external technical collaborations to identify opportunities for new products and/or development programs.
• Prepare invention disclosures and develop Linde intellectual property. Job Requirements:Basic:
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, or related technology field, and 3+ years of product or process development experience utilizing specialty gases / precursors in the semiconductor or related industry, or MS and 5+ yrs relevant experience.
  • Fundamental knowledge of physics and chemistry of gas-surface interactions in semiconductor fabrication processes, including advanced thin film deposition and/or plasma or thermal etch.
  • Hands-on experience with handling of reactive or air-sensitive materials, gas and liquid analysis, and packaging/delivery systems.
  • Ability to work independently and to be flexible in fast-pacing R&D environment with changing priorities.
  • Efficient verbal and written (email, technical documentation, presentation) communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. Preferred:
    • Demonstrated success in new product or process development and deployment.
    • Small scale synthesis, purification, and scale-up of air-sensitive materials including glove-box operation.
    • Experience with dry etch and CVD/ALD deposition equipment operation. Equipment design or maintenance experience is a plus.
    • Operation of GC-MS, GC-TCD, FTIR, MS, UV-Vis, or gas/vapor analysis methods. Method development experience is a plus. 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.

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