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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 “Strain Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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