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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”
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
- Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.
- 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.
- Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
- Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Contact angle goniometers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Scratch testers
- Sputter deposition systems
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Double push rod dilatometers
- X ray generators
- Atomic force microscopes
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Swaging tools
- Ball mills
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Salt spray chambers
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Sonic modulus testers
- Capacitance manometers
- Injection molding machines
- Laser interferometers
- Cone viscometers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Laptop computers
- Electrode furnaces
- Backscatter detectors
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Hot mounting presses
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Interferometric microscopes
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Semi-microbalances
- High-vacuum manifolds
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Ion analyzers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Pulverizers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Extruding machines
- Creep testing equipment
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Freeze dryers
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Stylus profilometers
- Sedigraphs
- Crystal growers
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Spectrum analyzers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Rotational viscometers
- Safety glasses
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Titanium autoclaves
- Glove box systems
- Microcalorimeters
- Function generators
- Neutron reflectometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Box furnaces
- Screw injection molding machines
- Safety goggles
- X ray diffractometers
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Induction furnaces
- UV exposure chambers
- Fume hoods
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Optical compound microscopes
- Metallographic microscopes
- Tape casters
- Blungers
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Dynamic actuators
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Grinding spindles
- Vibratory polishers
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Macrohardness testers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Ultrasonic analyzers
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- Annealing ovens
- Hot isostatic presses
- Potentiostats
- Tube furnaces
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Hydraulic presses
- Stereo microscopes
- Optical profilometers
- Plate viscometers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Load cells
- Muffle furnaces
- Thermal spray torches
- Manual grinders
- Accelerometers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Cold isostatic presses
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Erosion testers
- Static actuators
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Profilometers
- Dilatometers
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Ellipsometers
- Personal computers
- Ultra microbalances
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Diamond wafering saws
- Impact testers
- Pore sizers
- Desktop computers
- Capillary rheometers
- Microscope digital cameras
- Multisample autoclaves
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- VAMP/VASP
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Word
- Email software
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- GAMESS-US
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- RIETAN
- R
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- PWscf
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Microsoft Excel
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Maplesoft Maple
- Olympus Image Analysis
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks