P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Materials Science Materials Application Engineer
Serves as the link between material science and product engineering.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Work with design engineers to define material specifications.
- Oversee the prototyping and testing of materials.
- Ensure material selection aligns with product requirements.
- Collaborate with manufacturing teams to optimize material use.
- Document material performance and provide feedback for improvements.
- Define material specifications.
- Oversee material testing.
- Collaborate with design and manufacturing teams.
- Document material performance.
- Optimize material use.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Material specification
- Prototyping
- Testing methodologies
- Collaboration
- Documentation
- Material properties
- Engineering processes
- Product development
- Testing standards
- Collaboration techniques
- Material selection
- Process development
- Collaboration
- Technical documentation
- Problem-solving
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science or related field
- 5+ years in an engineering role dealing with materials
- Experience in material testing and prototyping
- Strong collaboration skills
- Technical documentation proficiency
Common titles
Materials Science IIIMaterials Science 3Mid-Level Materials ScienceMaterials Science Materials Application Engineer
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 19-2032.00 — Materials Scientists
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.