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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 Optics Supervisor”

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

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Isolators
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Die saws
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Laser cutting machines
Wire bonders
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Mach-Zehnder interferometers
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Spectrophotometers
Bit error rate testers BERT
Cutoff saws
Contact profilometers
Hand calculators
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Oscilloscopes
Signal generators
Magnifiers
Analog oscilloscopes
Diode lasers
Humidity chambers
Loupes
Fire extinguishers
Safety glasses
Collimators
Soldering irons
Vernier micrometers
Optical rails
Fusion splicers
Wire pull testers
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Autocollimators
Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Temperature chambers
Spherometers
Reflow ovens
Dataloggers
Laser drills
Fiber polishers
Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
Laser welders
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Optical spectrum analyzers
Spectrometers
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Optical power meters
Monochromators
Die shears
Optical comparators
Excimer lasers
Positioning stages
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Non contact profilometers
Protective gowns
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Fabry-Perot interferometers
Die bonders
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Mechanical steppers
Personal computers
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Lab jacks
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Hardness testers
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Multifunction digital multimeters
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