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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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