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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 “Optical Engineering Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
Data acquisition software
Presentation software
ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Statistical analysis software
Image processing software
Web browser software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Office
The MathWorks MATLAB
SAP
Computer aided design CAD software
Database software