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