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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 Technologist”

Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
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.
Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor 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.
Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
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.
Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
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.
Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
Compute or record photonic test data.
Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
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.
Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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