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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 “Laser Specialist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Statistical analysis software
Microsoft Office
The MathWorks MATLAB
Word processing software
Data acquisition software
Web browser software
SAP
Computer aided design CAD software
Presentation software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Microsoft Excel
Image processing software
Database software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software