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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”.

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Tasks for “Coating Manager”

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

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