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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 “Photonics Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Database software
Word processing software
The MathWorks MATLAB
Microsoft Office
Image processing software
Web browser software
Data acquisition software
Microsoft Excel
Computer aided design CAD software
SAP
Presentation software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Statistical analysis software