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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 “Precision Optics Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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SAP
The MathWorks MATLAB