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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 “Engineering Technologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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