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Job Description
Design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2199.07
Also Known As…
- Technology Director
- System Engineer
- Process Engineering and Metrology Manager
- Optoelectronics Engineer
- Optical Systems Engineer
- Optical Scientist
- Optical Engineering Manager
- Optical Engineer
- Optical Design Engineer
- Laser Engineer
- Photonics Engineer
- Optomechanical Engineer
- Optics Engineer
- Optical Fabricator
- Laser Systems Engineer
- Fiber Optics Engineer
- Electro-optics Engineer
- Electro-optical Engineer
- Electro Optical Engineer
Tasks for “Photonics Engineers”
- Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
- Conduct testing to determine functionality or optimization or to establish limits of photonics systems or components.
- Oversee or provide expertise on manufacturing, assembly, or fabrication processes.
- Select, purchase, set up, operate, or troubleshoot state-of-the-art laser cutting equipment.
- Assist in the transition of photonic prototypes to production.
- Document design processes including objectives, issues, and outcomes.
- Develop photonics sensing or manufacturing technologies to improve the efficiency of manufacturing or related processes.
- Design laser machining equipment for purposes such as high-speed ablation.
- Determine commercial, industrial, scientific, or other uses for electro-optical applications or devices.
- Determine applications of photonics appropriate to meet product objectives or features.
- Design photonics products, such as light sources, displays, or photovoltaics, to achieve increased energy efficiency.
- Design or develop new crystals for photonics applications.
- Conduct research on new photonics technologies.
- Design gas lasers, solid state lasers, infrared, or other light emitting or light sensitive devices.
- Design electro-optical sensing or imaging systems.
- Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image processes, signal process technologies, or optical systems.
- Develop laser-processed designs, such as laser-cut medical devices.
- Write reports or research proposals.
- Analyze, fabricate, or test fiber-optic links.
- Train operators, engineers, or other personnel.
- Design, integrate, or test photonics systems or components.
- Analyze system performance or operational requirements.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the field.
- Create or maintain photonic design histories.
- Design solar energy photonics or other materials or devices to generate energy.
- Design or redesign optical fibers to minimize energy loss.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rapid thermal annealers RTA
- Photodiode array detectors
- Streak cameras
- Digital panel meters
- Electron beam lithography systems
- Deconvolution fluorescence microscopes
- Raman microscopes
- Near infrared cameras
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Line scan cameras
- Autocorrelators
- Optical choppers
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers
- Optical fiber cleavers
- Argon-ion lasers
- Isolation glove boxes
- Cryostats
- Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering CARS microscopes
- Probe test stations
- Confocal fluorescence microscopes
- Microprobe stations
- Femtosecond lasers
- Laser beam profilers
- Nitrogen lasers
- Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR
- Laser printers
- Single photon lasers
- Atomic force microscopes AFM
- Bench refractometers
- Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes
- Spectroscopes
- Pulse generators
- Tunable diode lasers
- Photodetectors
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Personal computers
- Polarimeters
- Current monitors
- Contact lithography systems
- Photon counting systems
- Xenon arc lamps
- Flow meters
- Laser Doppler vibrometers
- Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
- Wavelength meters
- Spin coaters
- Power meters
- Optical power meters
- Fluorescence lifetime spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Infrared viewers
- Spectrometers
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Oscilloscopes
- Biosafety cabinets
- Digital storage oscilloscopes DSO
- Laser facsimile machines
- Digital cameras
- Oxidation furnaces
- Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems
- Tunable dye lasers
- Chemical hoods
- Interferometers
- Laser tweezers
- Extreme ultraviolet lasers
- Vacuum deposition systems
- Near field scanning optical microscopes NSOM
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Word
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Optiwave OptiSPICE
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Photon Design FIMMWAVE
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Optiwave OptiBPM
- Photon Design CrystalWave
- Photon Design OmniSim
- BPM_CAD
- C#
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Apollo Photonics APSS
- Microsoft Outlook
- Photon Design PICWave
- Python
- Pattern recognition software
- C++
- Photon Design FIMMPROP
- Microsoft Visio
- C
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Optiwave OptiFDTD
- Spectroscopy software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Adept Scientific GRAMS