Associate Director – Manufacturing Processes for High-Temperature Coatings

About the role

Serve as the technical expert for high-temperature coating manufacturing processes, providing expertise in materials selection, coating performance, and process optimization.

• Lead qualification and approval of materials, processes, suppliers, and manufacturing methods while ensuring compliance with engineering, customer, and quality requirements.
• Drive implementation of new business initiatives, process transfers, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Establish and standardize technical standards, engineering methodologies, and best practices to support operational excellence.
• Manage, mentor, and develop engineers and technicians through training, competency development, and team-building activities.
• Foster collaboration across Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to advance coating technologies, support commercialization efforts, and drive innovation.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Over 10+ years of experience in advanced coating manufacturing and materials engineering with a strong focus on relevant technologies and applications.
• A proven track record of developing, managing, and deploying new material and coating technologies into production environments.
• Leadership skills with a record of managing technical teams, driving cross-functional collaboration, and executing complex technical projects.
• Strong background in aerospace propulsion, gas turbines, power generation, or other high-temperature industrial applications; experience with tooling, masking, equipment design, and aviation qualification processes is highly valued.
• Technical and operational flexibility, including ABB robotic programming (preferred) and willingness to travel up to 50%, primarily domestically with some international travel.

About the company

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 help our customers succeed while sustaining, decarbonizing, and protecting the planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals, and mining. Our industrial gases and technologies enable space exploration, semiconductor manufacturing, life-saving medical oxygen, 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.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.
• Health, dental, disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• 401(k) matching and pension benefits.
• Employee discount program.
• Opportunities for educational and professional growth.

Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.