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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 Test Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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