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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”.
Also Known As…
- Photonics Technicians
- Photonics Technician
- Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)
- Optomechanical Technician
- Lead Technician
- Laser Technician
- Fiber Optics Technician
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech)
- Coating Manager
- Thin-film Technician
- Test Technician
- Strain Technician
- Service Technician
- Ruling Technician
- Precision Optics Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technologist
- Photonics Engineering Technician
- Optoelectronic Technician
- Optics Test Technician
- Optics Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Fabrication Technician
- Optical Engineering Technician
- Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)
- Laser Specialist
- Fiber Optics Supervisor
- Fiber Optic Technician
- Fiber Optic Assembler
Tasks for “Ruling Technician”
- Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
- Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
- Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
- Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
- Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
- Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Compute or record photonic test data.
- 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.
- Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
- Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement 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.
- Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
- Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
- Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
- Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
- Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
- Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
- Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
- Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
- Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
- Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
- 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.
- Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
- Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Related Technology & Tools
- Optical alignment scopes
- Autocollimators
- Reflow ovens
- Monochromators
- Protective gloves
- Fiber cleavers
- Analog oscilloscopes
- Vacuum deposition systems
- Atomic force microscopes AFM
- Fiber optic fault locators
- Photoelectric power meters
- Fire extinguishers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Safety glasses
- Die shears
- Wafer bonding systems
- Vernier micrometers
- Wire saws
- Signal generators
- Optical rails
- Bit error rate testers BERT
- Protective gowns
- Laboratory forceps
- Bench refractometers
- Loupes
- Non contact profilometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Soldering irons
- Excimer lasers
- Liquid dye lasers
- Rapid thermal annealers RTA
- Digital logic analyzers
- Gas lasers
- Fabry-Perot interferometers
- Calipers
- Oscilloscopes
- Die bonders
- Wire bonders
- Die saws
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Phase-shifting interferometers
- Hardness testers
- Abrasive grinding machines
- Temperature chambers
- Spectrophotometers
- Diode lasers
- Hand calculators
- Humidity chambers
- Michelson interferometers
- Laser cutting machines
- Fusion splicers
- Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
- Ion lasers
- Depth gauges
- Fiber polishers
- Solid state lasers
- Wavelength meters
- Mach-Zehnder interferometers
- Optical power meters
- Spectrometers
- Mechanical steppers
- Spherometers
- Digital logic probes
- Chemical protective face shields
- Wire pull testers
- Twyman-Green interferometers
- Laser drills
- Collimators
- Optical comparators
- Dataloggers
- Semiconductor detectors
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Logic pulsers
- Ellipsometers
- Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
- Personal computers
- Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
- Micrometers
- Sputter deposition systems
- Multifunction digital multimeters
- Common path interferometers
- Lab jacks
- Positioning stages
- Biosafety cabinets
- Laser welders
- Electron beam evaporators
- Diffractometers
- Shearing interferometers
- Laser heat treatment equipment
- Isolators
- Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Optical mounts
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Plasma strippers
- Contact profilometers
- Micropositioners
- Laser marking machines
- Cutoff saws
- Magnifiers
- Word processing software
- Database software
- Statistical analysis software
- ZEMAX Optical Design Program
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- SAP
- Microsoft Office
- Presentation software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Microsoft Excel
- Data acquisition software
- Image processing software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Web browser software