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