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