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Job Description
Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2131.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 97,050.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 46.00
- Currently, there are 26,800 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Materials Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Materials Engineers
- Test Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Metallurgist
- Metallurgical Engineer
- Materials Research Engineer
- Materials Engineer
- Materials Development Engineer
- Materials and Processes Manager
- Welding Engineer
- Testing Engineer
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Stress Engineer
- Smelting Engineer
- Refining Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Plating Engineer
- Plastics Engineer
- Physical Metallurgist
- Nanotechnologist
- Metallurgical Specialist
- Metallographer
- Materials Branch Chief
- Material Analyst
- Green Building Materials Designer
- Glass Science Engineer
- Foundry Process Engineer
- Foundry Metallurgist
- Forensic Materials Engineer
- Failure Analysis Technician
- Extractive Metallurgist
- Design Engineer
- Corrosion Engineer
- Ceramics Test Engineer
- Ceramic Research Engineer
- Ceramic Design Engineer
- Automation Engineer
Tasks for “Materials Branch Chief”
- Review new product plans and make recommendations for material selection based on design objectives, such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
- Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
- Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
- Write for technical magazines, journals, and trade association publications.
- Supervise production and testing processes in industrial settings, such as metal refining facilities, smelting or foundry operations, or nonmetallic materials production operations.
- Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products to ensure their quality.
- Plan and implement laboratory operations for the purpose of developing material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.
- Monitor material performance and evaluate material deterioration.
- Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
- Design and direct the testing or control of processing procedures.
- Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
- Conduct training sessions on new material products, applications, or manufacturing methods for customers and their employees.
- Guide technical staff engaged in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
- Design processing plants and equipment.
- Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components with computers.
- Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Supervise the work of technologists, technicians, and other engineers and scientists.
- Plan and evaluate new projects, consulting with other engineers and corporate executives as necessary.
- Modify properties of metal alloys, using thermal and mechanical treatments.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laboratory microwave ovens
- Microwave sintering furnaces
- Concrete test hammers
- Liquid conditioners
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Attritors
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Masonry cutters
- Holding jigs
- Hydraulic presses
- Lapping wheels
- Counter-current mixers
- Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS
- Strain gauges
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Load frames
- Electrostatic separators
- Ammeters
- Spectrophotometers
- Microwave autoclaves
- Compression testing machines
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Pycnometers
- pH testers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Melt spinners
- Turbidimeters
- Ultraviolet UV exposure units
- Stabilometers
- Fiberscopes
- Water-cooled saws
- Optical emission spectrometers
- Vacuum furnaces
- Mass spectrometers
- Sample presses
- Water burets
- Magnetic separators
- Drop weight impact towers
- Infrared monitors
- Personal computers
- Laboratory blenders
- Injection molding machines
- Graphite element furnaces
- Spectrocolorimeters
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Lathes
- Charpy impact testers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Gauss meters
- Gel permeation chromatographs GPC
- Acoustic impediography equipment
- Spectrometers
- Diffractometers
- Infrared cameras
- Pit depth gauges
- Viscosity meters
- Ultrasonic dismembrators
- Ball mills
- Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
- Flame photometers
- Analytical balances
- Tube furnaces
- Wind tunnels
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- Gas chromatographs GC
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- Safety gloves
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- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
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- Tensile testers
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- Impact testers
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- Roll crushers
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- Gas detectors
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- Colorimeters
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- Specific gravity balances
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- Differential thermal analyzers
- Vibration analysis equipment
- Porosity indicators
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Digitizing oscilloscopes
- X ray fluorescence XRF analyzers
- Digital cameras
- Plasma-arc furnaces
- Ultrasonicators
- Atomic force microscopes
- Solvent dryers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
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- Adiabatic bomb calorimeters
- Heated walk-in environmental chambers
- Gyratory crushers
- Etching equipment
- Balling drums
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Particle size analyzers
- Microscope photo attachments
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- Word processing software
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