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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 “Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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SAP
Microsoft Excel
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ZEMAX Optical Design Program
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