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