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