Purpose of the position:

Linde Special Projects in New Providence, NJ is seeking a Senior Staff Scientist with a background in Physics, Physical chemistry, Engineering, or a closely related field. This individual will play a key role in advancing our laboratory instrumentation, optimizing internal processes, and driving innovation across research projects.

The ideal candidate combines strong theoretical knowledge with practical laboratory experience and thrives in a collaborative, research-driven environment.

Principal responsibilities will include:

Laboratory & Technical Leadership
• Learn and master existing laboratory processes, instrumentation, and workflows.
• Analyze current systems and identify opportunities for performance improvement, reliability enhancement, and data quality.
• Design, prototype, test, and validate improvements to laboratory instrumentation and measurement systems.
• Develop and refine experimental methods and data acquisition systems.
• Comply with Linde safety policies and other regulatory requirements.

Research & Innovation
• Generate new research concepts and technical approaches to improve instrumentation and experimental methodologies.
• Lead or contribute to research projects from concept through implementation and validation.
• Conduct feasibility studies, modeling, simulation, and experimental validation as required.

Communication
• Interface with key stakeholders, including department technical staff, management, and US government technical staff.
• Prepare clear, data-driven technical reports and presentations and present project updates and technical recommendations to our sponsor and collaborators.
• Translate complex technical results into actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Collaboration
• Work closely with internal and external scientists, engineers, and technicians on multidisciplinary research projects.
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause investigations for instrumentation or process issues.

Key interfaces
• Department technical staff (Engineers/Scientists/Technicians)
• Department management
• US Government Technical staff

Key competencies
• Safety-first mentality
• Intellectual curiosity and innovation mindset
• Technical rigor and attention to detail
• Clear and confident presenter
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Decisiveness & Task execution
• Process, Project & Risk Management
• Employee Development & Empowerment

Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
• M.S. or Ph.D. with 3 years experience in Physics, Physical Chemistry, Engineering, or related field. Candidates at the BA level with 7-10+ years will be considered.
• Strong foundations in the following:

o Spectroscopy

o Analog and digital electronics

o Signal processing

o Instrumentation and measurement systems
• Hands-on experience one or more of the following:

o Gas handling systems

o Vacuum technology

o Radiation detection systems/Geiger-Müller counting
• Experience designing, troubleshooting, and improving electronic systems.
• Demonstrated ability to independently design and execute experiments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOD secret level security clearance (This requires US citizenship).

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with high-voltage systems and low-noise signal measurement.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems (DAQ) and embedded systems.
• Familiarity with relational databases ( e.g. , SQL, Access).
• Programming experience ( e.g. , Python, LabVIEW, C/C++).
• Experience working directly with customers.
• Project management experience in a research or technical environment.