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