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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 “Optomechanical Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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