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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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