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