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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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