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Job Description
Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 101,570.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 48.00
- Currently, there are 7,750 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Materials Scientists”.
Also Known As…
- Materials Scientists
- Vice President Research
- Technology Officer
- Staff Scientist
- Staff Research Scientist
- Senior Materials Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Research and Development Scientist (R and D Scientist)
- Polymer Materials Consultant
- Micro Electrical/Mechanical Systems Device Scientist (MEMS Device Scientist)
- Polymer Specialist
- Plastics Scientist
- Nanotechnologist
- Metal Alloy Scientist
- Materials Scientist
- Accelerator Systems Director
Tasks for “Materials Scientist”
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Conduct research on the structures and properties of materials, such as metals, alloys, polymers, and ceramics, to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.
- Perform experiments and computer modeling to study the nature, structure, and physical and chemical properties of metals and their alloys, and their responses to applied forces.
- Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.
- Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.
- Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength, strength-weight ratio, ductility, magnetic and electrical properties, and resistance to abrasion, corrosion, heat, and cold.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pore sizers
- UV exposure chambers
- Plate viscometers
- Backscatter detectors
- Ultra microbalances
- Neutron reflectometers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Safety glasses
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Thermal spray torches
- Manual grinders
- Cone viscometers
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Capacitance manometers
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Microscope digital cameras
- Stylus profilometers
- Multisample autoclaves
- Induction furnaces
- Load cells
- Sputter deposition systems
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Ball mills
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Pulverizers
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Extruding machines
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Atomic force microscopes
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Hydraulic presses
- Creep testing equipment
- Freeze dryers
- Function generators
- Ion analyzers
- Macrohardness testers
- Spectrum analyzers
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Annealing ovens
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Diamond wafering saws
- Crystal growers
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Accelerometers
- Interferometric microscopes
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Electrode furnaces
- Erosion testers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Scratch testers
- Safety goggles
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Muffle furnaces
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Stereo microscopes
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Laptop computers
- Fume hoods
- Titanium autoclaves
- Impact testers
- Sonic modulus testers
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Hot isostatic presses
- Hot mounting presses
- Swaging tools
- Blungers
- X ray diffractometers
- Box furnaces
- Static actuators
- Tube furnaces
- Desktop computers
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- X ray generators
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Salt spray chambers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Shaker ball mills
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Semi-microbalances
- Potentiostats
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Glove box systems
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Grinding spindles
- Sedigraphs
- Metallographic microscopes
- Rotational viscometers
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Optical profilometers
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Profilometers
- Laser interferometers
- Tape casters
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Injection molding machines
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Cold isostatic presses
- Microcalorimeters
- Contact angle goniometers
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Screw injection molding machines
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Ellipsometers
- Dilatometers
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Dynamic actuators
- Personal computers
- Capillary rheometers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Vibratory polishers
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- RIETAN
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Word
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Maplesoft Maple
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Email software
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- PWscf
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- Microsoft Excel
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- VAMP/VASP
- Olympus Image Analysis
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- GAMESS-US
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- R
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- Web browser software
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks