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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 Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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