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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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