Will “Engineering Technologist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Unknown Chance of Automation

Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?

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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Engineering Technologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Fabry-Perot interferometers
Protective gowns
Electron beam evaporators
Logic pulsers
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Soldering irons
Spectrophotometers
Bench refractometers
Laboratory forceps
Laser drills
Temperature chambers
Ion lasers
Humidity chambers
Gas lasers
Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Lab jacks
Spherometers
Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
Micropositioners
Mechanical steppers
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Multifunction digital multimeters
Abrasive grinding machines
Analog oscilloscopes
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Personal computers
Fiber polishers
Fusion splicers
Biosafety cabinets
Die shears
Die bonders
Photoelectric power meters
Dataloggers
Fiber optic fault locators
Laser cutting machines
Monochromators
Calipers
Isolators
Vacuum deposition systems
Bit error rate testers BERT
Loupes
Wire bonders
Collimators
Shearing interferometers
Depth gauges
Ellipsometers
Phase-shifting interferometers
Diode lasers
Non contact profilometers
Optical comparators
Sputter deposition systems
Wire pull testers
Twyman-Green interferometers
Oscilloscopes
Diffractometers
Optical alignment scopes
Binocular light compound microscopes
Common path interferometers
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Micrometers
Semiconductor detectors
Laser marking machines
Plasma strippers
Laser heat treatment equipment
Wavelength meters
Contact profilometers
Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
Wafer bonding systems
Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
Solid state lasers
Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
Fire extinguishers
Die saws
Chemical protective face shields
Wire saws
Safety glasses
Fiber cleavers
Optical power meters
Optical rails
Digital logic analyzers
Digital oscilloscopes
Optical mounts
Protective gloves
Atomic force microscopes AFM
Laser welders
Signal generators
Vernier micrometers
Excimer lasers
Magnifiers
Digital logic probes
Michelson interferometers
Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Autocollimators
Reflow ovens
Liquid dye lasers
Optical spectrum analyzers
Cutoff saws
Spectrometers
Hand calculators
Hardness testers
Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
Positioning stages

Word processing software
Web browser software
SAP
Presentation software
Data acquisition software
Statistical analysis software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Computer aided design CAD software
Image processing software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Database software
The MathWorks MATLAB