Will “Polymer Materials Consultant” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
2.1% Chance of Automation
“Polymer Materials Consultant” will not be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #87 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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”
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.
- 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.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
- 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.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- 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.
- Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pulverizers
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Cold isostatic presses
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Tube furnaces
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Glove box systems
- Capacitance manometers
- Hydraulic presses
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Blungers
- Crystal growers
- Safety goggles
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Ellipsometers
- Backscatter detectors
- Titanium autoclaves
- Atomic force microscopes
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Static actuators
- Profilometers
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Potentiostats
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Semiautomatic grinders
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Ball mills
- Diamond wafering saws
- Safety glasses
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Stereo microscopes
- Erosion testers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Manual grinders
- Microcalorimeters
- Grinding spindles
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Sputter deposition systems
- Salt spray chambers
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Screw injection molding machines
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Function generators
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Stylus profilometers
- Neutron reflectometers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Laser interferometers
- Annealing ovens
- Interferometric microscopes
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Laptop computers
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Rotational viscometers
- Contact angle goniometers
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Metallographic microscopes
- Vibratory polishers
- Ultra microbalances
- Creep testing equipment
- Electrode furnaces
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Multisample autoclaves
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Ion analyzers
- Pore sizers
- Spectrophotometers
- Sonic modulus testers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Spectrum analyzers
- UV exposure chambers
- Tape casters
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Scratch testers
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Box furnaces
- Microscope digital cameras
- Extruding machines
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Swaging tools
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Thermal spray torches
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Cone viscometers
- Impact testers
- Dynamic actuators
- Fume hoods
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Induction furnaces
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Freeze dryers
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Optical profilometers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Sedigraphs
- Hot mounting presses
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Hot isostatic presses
- X ray generators
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Macrohardness testers
- Dilatometers
- Plate viscometers
- Semi-microbalances
- Desktop computers
- Injection molding machines
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Muffle furnaces
- Personal computers
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Accelerometers
- Capillary rheometers
- Load cells
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Shaker ball mills
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- X ray diffractometers
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- PWscf
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- VAMP/VASP
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- Olympus Image Analysis
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Maplesoft Maple
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- GAMESS-US
- Web browser software
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Microsoft Word
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- Email software
- RIETAN
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- R
- Microsoft Excel
- Wolfram Research Mathematica