Materials Engineers Salary in MD

Common tasks

• Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
• Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products to ensure their quality.
• Review new product plans, and make recommendations for material selection, based on design objectives such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
• Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
• Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
• Plan and implement laboratory operations to develop material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.
• Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
• Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
• Guide technical staff in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
• Design and direct the testing or control of processing procedures.