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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 “Optomechanical Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Microsoft Excel
Statistical analysis software
SAP
Image processing software
Data acquisition software
Microsoft Office
Database software
Word processing software
Web browser software
Presentation software
Computer aided design CAD software
The MathWorks MATLAB