Will “Materials Scientist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
2.1% Chance of Automation
“Materials Scientist” will not be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #87 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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”
- 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.
- Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- 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.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
Related Technology & Tools
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Load cells
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Scratch testers
- Tape casters
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Thermal spray torches
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Potentiostats
- Sputter deposition systems
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Titanium autoclaves
- Manual grinders
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Multisample autoclaves
- Hot mounting presses
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Capillary rheometers
- Sonic modulus testers
- Muffle furnaces
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Creep testing equipment
- Glove box systems
- Blungers
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Electrode furnaces
- Cone viscometers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Diamond wafering saws
- Dynamic actuators
- Annealing ovens
- Macrohardness testers
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Screw injection molding machines
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Ellipsometers
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Stylus profilometers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Pore sizers
- Ion analyzers
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Fume hoods
- X ray generators
- Interferometric microscopes
- Laptop computers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Shaker ball mills
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Personal computers
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Neutron reflectometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- X ray diffractometers
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Atomic force microscopes
- Salt spray chambers
- Semi-microbalances
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Cold isostatic presses
- Optical profilometers
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Hydraulic presses
- Swaging tools
- Safety goggles
- Microscope digital cameras
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Rotational viscometers
- Backscatter detectors
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Profilometers
- Ball mills
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Crystal growers
- Grinding spindles
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Function generators
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Spectrum analyzers
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Accelerometers
- Capacitance manometers
- Freeze dryers
- Laser interferometers
- Injection molding machines
- UV exposure chambers
- Dilatometers
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Microcalorimeters
- Static actuators
- Tube furnaces
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Petrographic microscopes
- Extruding machines
- Pulverizers
- Ultra microbalances
- Plate viscometers
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Vibratory polishers
- Sedigraphs
- Impact testers
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Box furnaces
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Desktop computers
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Induction furnaces
- Erosion testers
- Contact angle goniometers
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Stereo microscopes
- Optical compound microscopes
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Safety glasses
- Metallographic microscopes
- Hot isostatic presses
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Microsoft Excel
- PWscf
- Bruker AXS EVA
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- Email software
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Maplesoft Maple
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- RIETAN
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- VAMP/VASP
- Olympus Image Analysis
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Web browser software
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- R
- GAMESS-US
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- Microsoft Word