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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 “Test Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Word processing software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Computer aided design CAD software
The MathWorks MATLAB
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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Office
SAP
Data acquisition software