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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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