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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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