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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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