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