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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office