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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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