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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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