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Nanosystems Engineers
Design, develop, or supervise the production of materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition, applying principles of nanoscale physics and electrical, chemical, or biological engineering.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Provide scientific or technical guidance or expertise to scientists, engineers, technologists, technicians, or others, using knowledge of chemical, analytical, or biological processes as applied to micro and nanoscale systems.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Supervise technologists or technicians engaged in nanotechnology research or production.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Conduct research related to a range of nanotechnology topics, such as packaging, heat transfer, fluorescence detection, nanoparticle dispersion, hybrid systems, liquid systems, nanocomposites, nanofabrication, optoelectronics, or nanolithography.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Synthesize, process, or characterize nanomaterials, using advanced tools or techniques.Mostly human for now
- 05Prepare reports, deliver presentations, or participate in program review activities to communicate engineering results or recommendations.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Design or conduct tests of new nanotechnology products, processes, or systems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Create designs or prototypes for nanosystem applications, such as biomedical delivery systems or atomic force microscopes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Write proposals to secure external funding or to partner with other companies.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Generate high-resolution images or measure force-distance curves, using techniques such as atomic force microscopy.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop processes or identify equipment needed for pilot or commercial nanoscale scale production.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss7%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
59%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 71% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 68% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Synthesize, process, or characterize nanomaterials, using advanced tools or techniques.