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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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