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