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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 “Coating Manager”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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