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