Will “Polymer Materials Consultant” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
2.1% Chance of Automation
“Polymer Materials Consultant” 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 “Polymer Materials Consultant”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- 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.
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
- 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 individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.
- 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
- X ray generators
- Accelerometers
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Laptop computers
- Diamond wafering saws
- Sedigraphs
- Ultraprecision lathes
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Safety goggles
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Tape casters
- Dynamic actuators
- Ion analyzers
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Sonic modulus testers
- Sputter deposition systems
- Pore sizers
- Macrohardness testers
- Spectrophotometers
- Contact angle goniometers
- Erosion testers
- Backscatter detectors
- Ellipsometers
- Box furnaces
- X ray diffractometers
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Cone viscometers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Petrographic microscopes
- Desktop computers
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Screw injection molding machines
- Potentiostats
- Dilatometers
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Laser interferometers
- Load cells
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Capillary rheometers
- Shaker ball mills
- Safety glasses
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Atomic force microscopes
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Hot mounting presses
- Cold isostatic presses
- Pulverizers
- Hot isostatic presses
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Thermal spray torches
- Tube furnaces
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- Spectrum analyzers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Plate viscometers
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Neutron reflectometers
- Microcalorimeters
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Glove box systems
- Annealing ovens
- Salt spray chambers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Crystal growers
- Hydraulic presses
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Laboratory analytical balances
- UV exposure chambers
- Creep testing equipment
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Rotational viscometers
- Slurry abrasion testers
- Muffle furnaces
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Microscope digital cameras
- Function generators
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Extruding machines
- Induction furnaces
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Ball mills
- Swaging tools
- Fume hoods
- Multisample autoclaves
- Grinding spindles
- Injection molding machines
- Capacitance manometers
- Stereo microscopes
- Freeze dryers
- Metallographic microscopes
- Manual grinders
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Optical profilometers
- Impact testers
- Semi-microbalances
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Scratch testers
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Ultra microbalances
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Titanium autoclaves
- Profilometers
- Vibratory polishers
- Stylus profilometers
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Personal computers
- Interferometric microscopes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Electrode furnaces
- Blungers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Static actuators
- Olympus Image Analysis
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- PWscf
- GAMESS-US
- R
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Maplesoft Maple
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- RIETAN
- VAMP/VASP
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- Email software
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Web browser software
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- Microsoft Word
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- Microsoft Excel