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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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