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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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