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