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