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