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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 Manufacturing Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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