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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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