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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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