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