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Job Description
Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2131.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 97,050.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 46.00
- Currently, there are 26,800 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Materials Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Materials Engineers
- Test Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Metallurgist
- Metallurgical Engineer
- Materials Research Engineer
- Materials Engineer
- Materials Development Engineer
- Materials Branch Chief
- Materials and Processes Manager
- Welding Engineer
- Testing Engineer
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Stress Engineer
- Smelting Engineer
- Refining Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Plating Engineer
- Plastics Engineer
- Physical Metallurgist
- Nanotechnologist
- Metallurgical Specialist
- Metallographer
- Material Analyst
- Green Building Materials Designer
- Glass Science Engineer
- Foundry Process Engineer
- Foundry Metallurgist
- Forensic Materials Engineer
- Failure Analysis Technician
- Extractive Metallurgist
- Design Engineer
- Corrosion Engineer
- Ceramics Test Engineer
- Ceramic Research Engineer
- Ceramic Design Engineer
Tasks for “Automation Engineer”
- Conduct training sessions on new material products, applications, or manufacturing methods for customers and their employees.
- Design and direct the testing or control of processing procedures.
- Supervise production and testing processes in industrial settings, such as metal refining facilities, smelting or foundry operations, or nonmetallic materials production operations.
- Supervise the work of technologists, technicians, and other engineers and scientists.
- Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
- Plan and implement laboratory operations for the purpose of developing material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.
- Design processing plants and equipment.
- Modify properties of metal alloys, using thermal and mechanical treatments.
- Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
- Guide technical staff engaged in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
- Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components with computers.
- Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
- Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
- Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
- Write for technical magazines, journals, and trade association publications.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products to ensure their quality.
- Monitor material performance and evaluate material deterioration.
- Plan and evaluate new projects, consulting with other engineers and corporate executives as necessary.
- Review new product plans and make recommendations for material selection based on design objectives, such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
Related Technology & Tools
- Balling drums
- Spectrocolorimeters
- Tensile testers
- Tube furnaces
- Deionizers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Electron microprobe analyzers EMPA
- Thermogravimetric analyzers
- High tension separators
- Filter presses
- Laboratory glove boxes
- Diffractometers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Ultrasonic baths
- Accelerated weathering machines
- Rotating furnaces
- Infrared cameras
- Steam autoclaves
- Flotation columns
- Molecular pumps
- Ammeters
- Load frames
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Inert atmosphere box furnaces
- Durometers
- Sonometers
- Freeze-thaw test units
- Vibration analysis equipment
- Electronic toploading balances
- Gas detectors
- Mechanical sieve shakers
- Dataloggers
- Vacuum furnaces
- Concrete test hammers
- Adiabatic bomb calorimeters
- Friction and wear testers
- Accelerometers
- Solid state laser systems
- Reflectometers
- Personal computers
- Solar simulators
- Isodynamic separators
- Laboratory blenders
- Hardness testers
- Microwave tube furnaces
- Counter-current mixers
- Screw-driven test machines
- Mass spectrometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Electrometers
- Attritors
- Wind tunnels
- Vacuum coating systems
- Particle size analyzers
- Sanding machines
- Magnetic susceptibility balances
- Laboratory microwave ovens
- Ultraviolet UV exposure units
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Oscillating water tunnels
- Adhesion testers
- Acoustic impediography equipment
- Polarizing microscopes
- Optical emission spectrometers
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Digitizing oscilloscopes
- Impact testers
- Gel permeation chromatographs GPC
- Infrared monitors
- Tension gauges
- Binocular compound microscopes
- Slurry blenders
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Sample presses
- Permeability measuring devices
- Microwave sintering furnaces
- Jar mills
- Specific gravity balances
- Stereo microscopes
- Colorimeters
- Charpy impact testers
- Laboratory pulverizers
- Kneading compactors
- Optical compound microscopes
- Water burets
- Compression testing machines
- Drop weight impact towers
- Cement mixers
- X ray fluorescence XRF analyzers
- Heated walk-in environmental chambers
- High temperature material testing systems
- Calorimeters
- Twin screw extruders
- Microscope photo attachments
- Porosity indicators
- Hydraulic presses
- Thermal analysis systems
- Polishing machines
- Injection molding machines
- Solvent dryers
- Gauss meters
- Digital cameras
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Temperature regulated shaking water baths
- Extensometers
- Turbidimeters
- Fume hoods
- Atomic force microscopes
- Flame photometers
- Microwave autoclaves
- Rod mills
- Pit depth gauges
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Stabilometers
- Safety gloves
- Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS
- Fiberscopes
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Water-cooled saws
- Roll crushers
- Pycnometers
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Ultrasonicators
- Strain gauges
- Melt spinners
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Ultrasonic dismembrators
- Plasma-arc furnaces
- Laboratory test sieves
- Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
- Safety glasses
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Film thickness measurement systems
- Vacuum evaporators
- Liquid conditioners
- Analytical balances
- Drying ovens
- Graphite element furnaces
- Masonry cutters
- Lathes
- Band saws
- Gyratory crushers
- Spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Hot blenders
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Ball mills
- Magnetic separators
- Ultrasound inspection equipment
- Micromanipulators
- Laminators
- Muffle furnaces
- Viscosity meters
- Jaw crushers
- Electrostatic separators
- pH testers
- Lapping wheels
- Twin-screw extruders
- Etching equipment
- Current versus voltage IV curve tracers
- Holding jigs
- Abrasion testers
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Graphics software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Excel
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Stereolithography SLA rapid prototyping systems
- MTS Testworks
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Web browser software
- Data entry software
- Presentation software
- QMC CM4D
- Fault detection isolation and recovery FDIR software
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
- C++
- SAP
- Fused deposition modeling FDM rapid prototyping systems
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Image analysis systems
- Minitab
- Microsoft Word
- Digital image correlation DIC software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office