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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 “Ruling Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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