R&D Intern - Summer 2027

Linde; City of Tonawanda (NY); On-site; USD 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

R&D Intern - Summer 2027 at Linde Inc. will be based in Tonawanda, NY or Burr Ridge, IL, and participate in research, planning, designing and execution of experiments.

You will evaluate results and provide recommendations to management, with broad exposure to Linde's engineering, marketing, and business functions. The role emphasizes safety, leadership, and initiative in an industrial setting, offering hands-on projects across multiple technology domains and potential pathways to

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in one of the listed engineering fields.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Interest in research, experimentation, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, designing and executing experiments.
• Evaluate results and provide management recommendations.
• Support projects through exploratory to initial commercialization phases.
• Collaborate with engineering, marketing and business teams.

Skills

Chemical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Chemistry

Metallurgical Engineering

Material Science

Environmental Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Job description

R&D Intern - Summer 2027

Tonawanda, NY or Burr Ridge, IL, United States | req32161

Linde Inc.

What you will enjoy doing*

In the role of R&D Intern, you will be part of a team involved with research, planning, designing and execution of experiments. You will evaluate results and provide recommendations to management. Your project will be in the exploratory, proof of concept, pilot, beta, initial commercialization or migration phase of new technology development. Successful interns will have exceptional technical and leadership skills and the ability to effectively apply those skills in an industrial environment. We are looking for highly creative individuals with initiative and drive, a strong commitment to safety, excellent interpersonal & communication skills, and a track record of personal accountability and success throughout their academic and work career. Interns will also be given broad exposure to Linde's business, engineering, and marketing functions.

R&D internship opportunities are available for students in the following areas.

• Advanced Process Control
• Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Applications
• Electronics & Specialty Gas Applications
• Machinery Development (compressors, turbines, pumps)
• Materials Development (catalysts, adsorbents, polymeric membranes)
• Separations Process Development
• Semiconductor Materials
• Adsorption Materials
• Process Development
• Combustion and Metals Technology/Fabrication
• Reaction Engineering
• Operations Research
• Process Equipment
• Process Chemistry
• Heat Transfer
• Food/Beverage and Water Applications
• Cryogenic Air Separation
• Hydrogen and Energy Supply System

What Makes You Great

• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Material Science or Ceramics
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

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.

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.

The hourly rate for this role ranges from $37-39/hr.

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.