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