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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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