Will “Engineering Technologist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Unknown Chance of Automation

Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?

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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Engineering Technologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Microsoft Excel
Data acquisition software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
SAP
Image processing software
Computer aided design CAD software
Web browser software
The MathWorks MATLAB
Microsoft Office
Database software
Word processing software
Presentation software
Statistical analysis software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program