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