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