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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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