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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”

Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
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.
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 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.
Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
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.
Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
Compute or record photonic test data.
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.
Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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