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