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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”.
Also Known As…
- Photonics Technicians
- Ruling Technician
- Photonics Technician
- Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)
- Optomechanical Technician
- Lead Technician
- Laser Technician
- Fiber Optics Technician
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech)
- Coating Manager
- Thin-film Technician
- Test Technician
- Strain Technician
- Service Technician
- Precision Optics Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technologist
- Photonics Engineering Technician
- Optoelectronic Technician
- Optics Test Technician
- Optics Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Fabrication Technician
- Optical Engineering Technician
- Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)
- Laser Specialist
- Fiber Optics Supervisor
- Fiber Optic Technician
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
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- ZEMAX Optical Design Program
- Microsoft Excel
- Statistical analysis software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Data acquisition software
- Presentation software
- SAP
- Web browser software
- Database software
- Image processing software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software