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