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