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