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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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