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