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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 “Fiber Optic Assembler”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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