Optoelectronic engineering technician
Code 3114.1.9
Optoelectronic engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of optoelectronic systems and components, such as photodiodes, optical sensors, lasers and LED's. Optoelectronic engineering technicians build, test, install and calibrate optoelectronic equipment. They read blueprint and other technical drawings to develop testing and calibrating procedures.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- optical glass characteristics
- optical components
- interpret circuit diagrams
- optoelectronic devices
- electronics
- optical engineering
- electronic equipment standards
- optical equipment standards
- optoelectronics
- 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 optoelectronics
- operate optical assembly equipment
- prepare production prototypes
- assist scientific research
- test optical components
- record test data
- fasten components
Transversal competences
- test optoelectronics
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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