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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 “Optics Manufacturing Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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