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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Data acquisition software
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Microsoft Office