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