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