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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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