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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/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Statistical analysis software
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
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SAP