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