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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 “Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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