Optomechanical engineering technician
Code 3115.1.14
Optomechanical engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of optomechanical devices, such as optical tables, deformable mirrors, and optical mounts. Optomechanical engineering technicians build, install, test, and maintain optomechanical equipment prototypes. They determine materials and assembly requirements.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- optical glass characteristics
- optomechanical components
- optical components
- optomechanical devices
- mechanical engineering
- optomechanical engineering
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- design drawings
- refractive power
- optical manufacturing process
- types of optical instruments
- optics
Skills and competences
- liaise with engineers
- align components
- apply optical coating
- inspect quality of products
- read engineering drawings
- clean optical components
- adjust engineering designs
- assemble optomechanical equipment
- prepare production prototypes
- assist scientific research
- test optical components
- conduct quality control analysis
- record test data
- fasten components
Transversal competences
- operate scientific measuring equipment
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences