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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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