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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided design CAD software
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