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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 “Fiber Optics Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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