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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”.
Also Known As…
- Photonics Technicians
- Ruling Technician
- Photonics Technician
- Photonic Laboratory Technician (Photonic Lab Tech)
- Optomechanical Technician
- Lead Technician
- Laser Technician
- Fiber Optics Technician
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech)
- Coating Manager
- Thin-film Technician
- Test Technician
- Strain Technician
- Service Technician
- Precision Optics Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technologist
- Optoelectronic Technician
- Optics Test Technician
- Optics Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Manufacturing Technician
- Optical Fabrication Technician
- Optical Engineering Technician
- Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)
- Laser Specialist
- Fiber Optics Supervisor
- Fiber Optic Technician
- Fiber Optic Assembler
Tasks for “Photonics Engineering Technician”
- 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.
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
- Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
- Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
- Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
- Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
- Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
- Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
- Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
- Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
- Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement 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.
- Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
- Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
- Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
- Compute or record photonic test data.
- Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
- Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
- Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
- Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Fabry-Perot interferometers
- Reflow ovens
- Spectrophotometers
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Fusion splicers
- Liquid dye lasers
- Plasma strippers
- Michelson interferometers
- Spectrometers
- Logic pulsers
- Loupes
- Wire pull testers
- Hardness testers
- Shearing interferometers
- Abrasive grinding machines
- Common path interferometers
- Photoelectric power meters
- Diffractometers
- Optical alignment scopes
- Vernier micrometers
- Hand calculators
- Optical power meters
- Sputter deposition systems
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Mechanical steppers
- Die bonders
- Humidity chambers
- Micrometers
- Calipers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Temperature chambers
- Chemical protective face shields
- Biosafety cabinets
- Wire bonders
- Contact profilometers
- Laser marking machines
- Optical rails
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers
- Multifunction digital multimeters
- Laser cutting machines
- Optical mounts
- Fiber cleavers
- Analog oscilloscopes
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Signal generators
- Protective gloves
- Ellipsometers
- Laboratory forceps
- Twyman-Green interferometers
- Ion lasers
- Phase-shifting interferometers
- Excimer lasers
- Micropositioners
- Bit error rate testers BERT
- Optical comparators
- Non contact profilometers
- Positioning stages
- Personal computers
- Collimators
- Gas lasers
- Laser welders
- Die shears
- Spherometers
- Wafer bonding systems
- Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
- Wavelength meters
- Depth gauges
- Electron beam evaporators
- Safety glasses
- Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
- Magnifiers
- Dataloggers
- Diode lasers
- Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Fiber polishers
- Cutoff saws
- Rapid thermal annealers RTA
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Fire extinguishers
- Mach-Zehnder interferometers
- Solid state lasers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Lab jacks
- Isolators
- Protective gowns
- Autocollimators
- Atomic force microscopes AFM
- Wire saws
- Digital logic probes
- Laser heat treatment equipment
- Bench refractometers
- Fiber optic fault locators
- Laser drills
- Soldering irons
- Die saws
- Vacuum deposition systems
- Oscilloscopes
- Semiconductor detectors
- Digital logic analyzers
- Monochromators
- Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
- Data acquisition software
- SAP
- Presentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Image processing software
- Microsoft Office
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Web browser software
- Word processing software
- Statistical analysis software
- ZEMAX Optical Design Program
- Database software