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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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