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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”

Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
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 or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
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 sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
Compute or record photonic test data.
Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
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.
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.
Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
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.
Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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