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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 “Lead Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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