photonics engineer
Photonics engineers are concerned with the generation, transmission, transformation, and detection of light. They conduct research, design, assemble, test and deploy photonic components or systems in multiple application fields, from optical communications to medical instrumentation, material processing or sensing technology.
Also called: photonic technology engineering expert, photonic engineer, photonic technology engineering specialist, engineer in photonics, laser engineer, photonics engineering consultant, photonics engineering expert, photonic technology engineering consultant
- 41
- essential skills
- 64
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2149
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
41- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design optical prototypes
- design optical systems
- develop optical test procedures
- digital twin technology
- electronics
- engineering principles
- holography
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- lasers
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- model optical systems
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- optical components
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- optical glass characteristics
- optical manufacturing process
- optics
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- photonics
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- refractive power
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test optical components
- think abstractly
- types of optical instruments
Optional skills
64- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- build business relationships
- CAE software
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- computational mechanics
- computational physics
- conduct research across disciplines
- continuum mechanics
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- digital camera sensors
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electromagnetic spectrum
- electrooptic devices
- electrooptics
- evaluate research activities
- fibre optics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interpret circuit diagrams
- LED lighting components
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mathematical modelling
- medical imaging technology
- mentor individuals
- microoptics
- MOEM
- mount optical components on frames
- operate optical assembly equipment
- optoelectronic devices
- optoelectronics
- optomechanical components
- optomechanical engineering
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- prepare assembly drawings
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quality standards
- quantum computing
- quantum optics
- quantum technology
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- speak different languages
- supercomputing
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
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