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+# Tasks & work activities — microelectronics materials engineer
+
+Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 17-2131.00 (Materials Engineers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2152; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.
+
+## Task statements
+
+- **[Core]** Present technical information at conferences.
+- **[Core]** Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
+- **[Core]** Monitor material performance, and evaluate its deterioration.
+- **[Core]** Supervise the work of technologists, technicians, and other engineers and scientists.
+- **[Core]** Design and direct the testing or control of processing procedures.
+- **[Core]** Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
+- **[Core]** Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products to ensure their quality.
+- **[Core]** Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
+- **[Core]** Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
+- **[Core]** Plan and evaluate new projects, consulting with other engineers and corporate executives, as necessary.
+- **[Core]** Review new product plans, and make recommendations for material selection, based on design objectives such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
+- **[Core]** Design processing plants and equipment.
+- **[Core]** Modify properties of metal alloys, using thermal and mechanical treatments.
+- **[Core]** Guide technical staff in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
+- **[Core]** Plan and implement laboratory operations to develop material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.
+- **[Core]** Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
+- **[Core]** Conduct training sessions on new material products, applications, or manufacturing methods for customers and their employees.
+- **[Core]** Supervise production and testing processes in industrial settings, such as metal refining facilities, smelting or foundry operations, or nonmetallic materials production operations.
+- **[Core]** Write for technical magazines, journals, and trade association publications.
+- **[Core]** Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components, using computers.
+- **[Supplemental]** Teach in colleges and universities.
+
+## Detailed work activities
+
+- Conduct quantitative failure analyses of operational data.
+- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
+- Create models of engineering designs or methods.
+- Design industrial processing systems.
+- Determine operational methods.
+- Direct design or development activities.
+- Direct industrial production activities.
+- Direct quality control activities.
+- Evaluate plans or specifications to determine technological or environmental implications.
+- Evaluate technical data to determine effect on designs or plans.
+- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
+- Prepare detailed work plans.
+- Prepare materials for processing.
+- Prepare operational reports.
+- Prepare project budgets.
+- Prepare proposal documents.
+- Present research results to others.
+- Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
+- Resolve operational performance problems.
+- Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
+- Teach classes in area of specialization.
+- Teach social science courses at the college level.
+- Test characteristics of materials or structures.
+- Train personnel on proper operational procedures.
+- Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise.