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Job Description

Build, install, test, or maintain optical or fiber optic equipment, such as lasers, lenses, or mirrors, using spectrometers, interferometers, or related equipment.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.08

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Photonics Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Coating Manager”

Compute or record photonic test data.
Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
Assemble devices or equipment to be used in green technology applications, including solar energy, high efficiency solid state lighting, energy management, smart buildings, or green processes.
Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
Set up or operate assembly or processing equipment, such as lasers, cameras, die bonders, wire bonders, dispensers, reflow ovens, soldering irons, die shears, wire pull testers, temperature or humidity chambers, or optical spectrum analyzers.
Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.

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Optical spectrum analyzers
Safety glasses
Calipers
Signal generators
Biosafety cabinets
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Temperature chambers
Vacuum deposition systems
Fusion splicers
Fiber optic fault locators
Solid state lasers
Protective gowns
Sputter deposition systems
Ion lasers
Bit error rate testers BERT
Spectrophotometers
Diode lasers
Electron beam evaporators
Digital oscilloscopes
Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
Wire saws
Wire pull testers
Laboratory forceps
Digital logic analyzers
Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Common path interferometers
Excimer lasers
Magnifiers
Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
Photoelectric power meters
Laser drills
Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
Semiconductor detectors
Fire extinguishers
Laser marking machines
Digital logic probes
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Fiber polishers
Isolators
Spectrometers
Die bonders
Plasma strippers
Depth gauges
Optical alignment scopes
Spherometers
Lab jacks
Personal computers
Oscilloscopes
Bench refractometers
Fiber cleavers
Analog oscilloscopes
Contact profilometers
Monochromators
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Atomic force microscopes AFM
Cutoff saws
Autocollimators
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Reflow ovens
Abrasive grinding machines
Humidity chambers
Wire bonders
Shearing interferometers
Collimators
Micrometers
Fabry-Perot interferometers
Michelson interferometers
Wavelength meters
Die shears
Loupes
Laser cutting machines
Chemical protective face shields
Vernier micrometers
Protective gloves
Wafer bonding systems
Dataloggers
Positioning stages
Optical rails
Binocular light compound microscopes
Hardness testers
Diffractometers
Optical power meters
Mechanical steppers
Optical comparators
Micropositioners
Liquid dye lasers
Non contact profilometers
Phase-shifting interferometers
Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
Multifunction digital multimeters
Gas lasers
Soldering irons
Hand calculators
Ellipsometers
Die saws
Laser heat treatment equipment
Laser welders
Logic pulsers
Twyman-Green interferometers
Optical mounts

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