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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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