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