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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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