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