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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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