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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”

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

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