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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 “Lead Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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SAP
Data acquisition software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
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The MathWorks MATLAB
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