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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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