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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 “Optoelectronic Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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