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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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