How do they match: Materials Engineers

  • Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.

  • Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
  • Monitor material performance, and evaluate its deterioration.
  • Plan and implement laboratory operations to develop material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.

  • Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
  • Resolve operational performance problems.