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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”.
Also Known As…
- Photonics Technicians
- Ruling Technician
- Photonics Technician
- Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)
- Lead Technician
- Laser Technician
- Fiber Optics Technician
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech)
- Coating Manager
- Thin-film Technician
- Test Technician
- Strain Technician
- Service Technician
- Precision Optics Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technologist
- Photonics Engineering Technician
- Optomechanical Technician
- Optoelectronic Technician
- Optics Test Technician
- Optics Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Fabrication Technician
- Optical Engineering Technician
- Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)
- Laser Specialist
- Fiber Optics Supervisor
- Fiber Optic Technician
- Fiber Optic Assembler
Tasks for “Optomechanical Technician”
- Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
- Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
- 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.
- Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
- Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
- Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
- Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
- Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
- 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.
- Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
- Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
- Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
- Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
- Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
- Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
- Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
- Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
- Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
- Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Compute or record photonic test data.
- Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
- Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
- Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
- Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
- Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Related Technology & Tools
- Optical rails
- Collimators
- Dataloggers
- Plasma strippers
- Hardness testers
- Personal computers
- Signal generators
- Vernier micrometers
- Micropositioners
- Vacuum deposition systems
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Digital logic probes
- Temperature chambers
- Solid state lasers
- Mechanical steppers
- Shearing interferometers
- Gas lasers
- Fiber cleavers
- Analog oscilloscopes
- Liquid dye lasers
- Excimer lasers
- Calipers
- Spectrometers
- Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
- Oscilloscopes
- Fabry-Perot interferometers
- Mach-Zehnder interferometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Abrasive grinding machines
- Magnifiers
- Bench refractometers
- Michelson interferometers
- Bit error rate testers BERT
- Optical mounts
- Humidity chambers
- Laser drills
- Common path interferometers
- Autocollimators
- Fire extinguishers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Reflow ovens
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Isolators
- Electron beam evaporators
- Wire pull testers
- Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
- Protective gloves
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Ion lasers
- Sputter deposition systems
- Laser welders
- Photoelectric power meters
- Spherometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Wafer bonding systems
- Die saws
- Atomic force microscopes AFM
- Die shears
- Biosafety cabinets
- Laboratory forceps
- Loupes
- Soldering irons
- Positioning stages
- Monochromators
- Multifunction digital multimeters
- Depth gauges
- Digital logic analyzers
- Twyman-Green interferometers
- Semiconductor detectors
- Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
- Chemical protective face shields
- Diode lasers
- Micrometers
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Rapid thermal annealers RTA
- Laser marking machines
- Non contact profilometers
- Wire saws
- Hand calculators
- Die bonders
- Lab jacks
- Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
- Logic pulsers
- Fiber polishers
- Safety glasses
- Phase-shifting interferometers
- Optical power meters
- Laser cutting machines
- Fusion splicers
- Optical alignment scopes
- Ellipsometers
- Wire bonders
- Optical comparators
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers
- Contact profilometers
- Fiber optic fault locators
- Cutoff saws
- Protective gowns
- Wavelength meters
- Laser heat treatment equipment
- Diffractometers
- Microsoft Excel
- Presentation software
- Microsoft Office
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Image processing software
- ZEMAX Optical Design Program
- Data acquisition software
- Web browser software
- Statistical analysis software
- Word processing software
- Database software
- SAP
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer aided design CAD software