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