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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 “Laser Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Excel
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
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The MathWorks MATLAB
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Microsoft Office