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