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Job Description
Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 101,570.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 48.00
- Currently, there are 7,750 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Vice President Research
- Technology Officer
- Staff Scientist
- Staff Research Scientist
- Senior Materials Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Research and Development Scientist (R and D Scientist)
- Polymer Materials Consultant
- Micro Electrical/Mechanical Systems Device Scientist (MEMS Device Scientist)
- Materials Scientist
- Polymer Specialist
- Plastics Scientist
- Nanotechnologist
- Metal Alloy Scientist
- Accelerator Systems Director
Tasks for “Materials Scientists”
- Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Conduct research on the structures and properties of materials, such as metals, alloys, polymers, and ceramics, to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.
- Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength, strength-weight ratio, ductility, magnetic and electrical properties, and resistance to abrasion, corrosion, heat, and cold.
- Perform experiments and computer modeling to study the nature, structure, and physical and chemical properties of metals and their alloys, and their responses to applied forces.
- Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.
Related Technology & Tools
- X ray diffractometers
- Crystal growers
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Creep testing equipment
- Erosion testers
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Laser interferometers
- Contact angle goniometers
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Plate viscometers
- Extruding machines
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Annealing ovens
- Hydraulic presses
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Capillary rheometers
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Sputter deposition systems
- Muffle furnaces
- Optical profilometers
- Salt spray chambers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Atomic force microscopes
- Freeze dryers
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Tape casters
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Sonic modulus testers
- Backscatter detectors
- Dynamic actuators
- Vibratory polishers
- Stylus profilometers
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Laptop computers
- Manual grinders
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Tube furnaces
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Thermal spray torches
- Impact testers
- Blungers
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Multisample autoclaves
- Ellipsometers
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Pore sizers
- Function generators
- Petrographic microscopes
- Accelerometers
- Injection molding machines
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Macrohardness testers
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Hot mounting presses
- Induction furnaces
- Dilatometers
- Sedigraphs
- Pulverizers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Ultra microbalances
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Ball mills
- UV exposure chambers
- Load cells
- Swaging tools
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Static actuators
- Grinding spindles
- Safety glasses
- Titanium autoclaves
- Fume hoods
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Neutron reflectometers
- Ion analyzers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Cone viscometers
- Screw injection molding machines
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Box furnaces
- Diamond wafering saws
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Spectrophotometers
- Cold isostatic presses
- Shaker ball mills
- Safety goggles
- Potentiostats
- Rotational viscometers
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Microcalorimeters
- Metallographic microscopes
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Semi-microbalances
- Microscope digital cameras
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Glove box systems
- Interferometric microscopes
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- X ray generators
- Stereo microscopes
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Electrode furnaces
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Profilometers
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Spectrum analyzers
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Scratch testers
- Hot isostatic presses
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Desktop computers
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Personal computers
- Capacitance manometers
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- VAMP/VASP
- GAMESS-US
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- Web browser software
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- PWscf
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Microsoft Excel
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- RIETAN
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- Email software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Maplesoft Maple
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Olympus Image Analysis
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- R
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector