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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”
- Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components with computers.
- Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
- Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
- Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products to ensure their quality.
- Write for technical magazines, journals, and trade association publications.
- Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
- Design processing plants and equipment.
- Guide technical staff engaged in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
- Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
- Design and direct the testing or control of processing procedures.
- 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.
- Conduct training sessions on new material products, applications, or manufacturing methods for customers and their employees.
- 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.
- Review new product plans and make recommendations for material selection based on design objectives, such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
- Supervise production and testing processes in industrial settings, such as metal refining facilities, smelting or foundry operations, or nonmetallic materials production operations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Polishing machines
- Filter presses
- Water-cooled saws
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Tension gauges
- Deionizers
- Injection molding machines
- Solid state laser systems
- Microwave sintering furnaces
- Wind tunnels
- Spectrophotometers
- Sample presses
- Ultrasound inspection equipment
- Viscosity meters
- Flotation columns
- Roll crushers
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Holding jigs
- Ultrasonic baths
- Inert atmosphere box furnaces
- Compression testing machines
- Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
- Lapping wheels
- Sanding machines
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Microwave tube furnaces
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Microwave autoclaves
- Magnetic separators
- Screw-driven test machines
- Gas detectors
- Infrared monitors
- Laboratory blenders
- Thermal analysis systems
- Vacuum coating systems
- Gel permeation chromatographs GPC
- Personal computers
- Micromanipulators
- Infrared cameras
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Liquid conditioners
- Accelerometers
- Mass spectrometers
- Laboratory microwave ovens
- Drop weight impact towers
- Friction and wear testers
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Oscillating water tunnels
- Current versus voltage IV curve tracers
- Analytical balances
- Fume hoods
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- Balling drums
- Jaw crushers
- Temperature regulated shaking water baths
- Water burets
- Freeze-thaw test units
- Pit depth gauges
- Magnetic susceptibility balances
- Attritors
- High temperature material testing systems
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Permeability measuring devices
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Melt spinners
- X ray fluorescence XRF analyzers
- Steam autoclaves
- Laboratory pulverizers
- Safety gloves
- Porosity indicators
- Tube furnaces
- Abrasion testers
- Atomic force microscopes
- Reflectometers
- Etching equipment
- Rod mills
- Polarizing microscopes
- Jar mills
- Gyratory crushers
- Accelerated weathering machines
- Charpy impact testers
- Vibration analysis equipment
- Molecular pumps
- Concrete test hammers
- Impact testers
- Turbidimeters
- High tension separators
- Adhesion testers
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Graphite element furnaces
- Electrometers
- Pycnometers
- Fiberscopes
- Digitizing oscilloscopes
- Ultrasonicators
- Counter-current mixers
- Hot blenders
- Ammeters
- Sonometers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Binocular compound microscopes
- Slurry blenders
- Flame photometers
- Electron microprobe analyzers EMPA
- Load frames
- Solar simulators
- Thermogravimetric analyzers
- Electrostatic separators
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Drying ovens
- Cement mixers
- Band saws
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Spectrometers
- Laminators
- Electronic toploading balances
- Digital cameras
- Masonry cutters
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Diffractometers
- Dataloggers
- Gauss meters
- Twin-screw extruders
- Laboratory glove boxes
- Durometers
- Microscope photo attachments
- Vacuum furnaces
- Muffle furnaces
- Safety glasses
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS
- Heated walk-in environmental chambers
- Hardness testers
- Specific gravity balances
- Calorimeters
- Twin screw extruders
- Film thickness measurement systems
- Ultraviolet UV exposure units
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Ball mills
- Strain gauges
- Plasma-arc furnaces
- pH testers
- Isodynamic separators
- Hydraulic presses
- Solvent dryers
- Kneading compactors
- Rotating furnaces
- Particle size analyzers
- Adiabatic bomb calorimeters
- Tensile testers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Spectrocolorimeters
- Laboratory test sieves
- Vacuum evaporators
- Ultrasonic dismembrators
- Lathes
- Acoustic impediography equipment
- Colorimeters
- Optical emission spectrometers
- Stereo microscopes
- Mechanical sieve shakers
- Stabilometers
- Extensometers
- QMC CM4D
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Notes
- SAP
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Digital image correlation DIC software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Word processing software
- C++
- Microsoft Visio
- Web browser software
- Data entry software
- Image analysis systems
- Stereolithography SLA rapid prototyping systems
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Fused deposition modeling FDM rapid prototyping systems
- Graphics software
- Microsoft Excel
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- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Minitab
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- ANSYS Multiphysics
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