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