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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 “Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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