optical engineer
Optical engineers design and develop different industrial applications with optics. They have knowledge of light, light transmission principles, and optics in order to design engineering specs of equipment such as microscopes, lenses, telescopes, and other optical devices.
Also called: optical engineering expert, optical engineering specialist, optical engineering consultant, optic engineer, optical technology engineering consultant, optical technology engineering adviser, optical technology engineer, optical engineering adviser
- 33
- essential skills
- 85
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2149
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
33- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design optical prototypes
- develop optical test procedures
- engineering principles
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- 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 project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- record test data
- refractive power
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test optical components
- think abstractly
- types of optical instruments
Optional skills
85- acoustics
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply technical communication skills
- build business relationships
- CAE software
- cavity optomechanics
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- computer engineering
- conduct research across disciplines
- control engineering
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design optical systems
- develop electronic test procedures
- 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
- electronic equipment standards
- electronics
- 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
- lasers
- maintain optical equipment
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mechanical engineering
- medical imaging technology
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- microelectronics
- microoptics
- microprocessors
- microsensors
- microwave principles
- MOEM
- mount optical components on frames
- operate optical assembly equipment
- operate precision machinery
- operate precision measuring equipment
- optical instruments
- optoelectronic devices
- optoelectronics
- optomechanical components
- optomechanical engineering
- perform data analysis
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- photonics
- precision mechanics
- 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 optics
- radars
- read engineering drawings
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- sell optical products
- semiconductors
- sensors
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- telecommunications engineering
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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