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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 “Photonics Engineering Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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