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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 Technologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Data acquisition software
SAP
Microsoft Excel
Image processing software
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Statistical analysis software
The MathWorks MATLAB
Word processing software
Presentation software
Web browser software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Microsoft Office