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