5.5 KiB
5.5 KiB
Competences — optomechanical engineering technician
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d2af4f6b-c990-4d8e-bb17-befca23a307a).
Essential
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- align components (skill/competence)
- apply optical coating (skill/competence)
- assemble optomechanical equipment (skill/competence)
- assist scientific research (skill/competence)
- clean optical components (skill/competence)
- conduct quality control analysis (skill/competence)
- define part requirements (skill/competence)
- design drawings (knowledge)
- fasten components (skill/competence)
- inspect quality of products (skill/competence)
- liaise with engineers (skill/competence)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- operate scientific measuring equipment (skill/competence)
- optical components (knowledge)
- optical engineering (knowledge)
- optical equipment standards (knowledge)
- optical glass characteristics (knowledge)
- optical manufacturing process (knowledge)
- optics (knowledge)
- optomechanical components (knowledge)
- optomechanical devices (knowledge)
- optomechanical engineering (knowledge)
- prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
- read engineering drawings (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- refractive power (knowledge)
- test optical components (skill/competence)
- types of optical instruments (knowledge)
Optional
- apply technical communication skills (skill/competence)
- CAD software (knowledge)
- CAE software (knowledge)
- calibrate optical instruments (skill/competence)
- cavity optomechanics (knowledge)
- computational mechanics (knowledge)
- continuum mechanics (knowledge)
- electromagnetic spectrum (knowledge)
- inspect optical supplies (skill/competence)
- integrate new products in manufacturing (skill/competence)
- keep records of work progress (skill/competence)
- maintain optical equipment (skill/competence)
- microoptics (knowledge)
- monitor machine operations (skill/competence)
- operate industrial equipment (skill/competence)
- operate optical assembly equipment (skill/competence)
- operate precision machinery (skill/competence)
- repair optical equipment (skill/competence)
- resolve equipment malfunctions (skill/competence)
- use CAM software (skill/competence)
- use precision tools (skill/competence)
- write technical reports (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- mechanical assembly — 43 %
- optical alignment — 29 %
- quality control — 29 %
- calibration — 29 %
- data analysis — 29 %
- technical documentation — 29 %
- troubleshooting — 29 %
- traceability maintenance — 14 %
- test equipment operation — 14 %
- technical reporting — 14 %
- system assembly — 14 %
- system testing — 14 %
- verification — 14 %
- component handling — 14 %
- cable assembly — 14 %
- electrical assembly — 14 %
- electrical systems — 14 %
- electro-mechanical assembly — 14 %
- fiber optic splicing — 14 %
- hardware bonding — 14 %
- inventory management — 14 %
- precision alignment — 14 %
- problem diagnosis — 14 %
- prototyping — 14 %
- schematic interpretation — 14 %
- system evaluation — 14 %
- system integration — 14 %
- optical assembly — 14 %
- optical integration — 14 %
- optical skills — 14 %
- optical system alignment — 14 %
- optical system assembly — 14 %
- optical system fabrication — 14 %
- optical testing — 14 %
- mechanical systems — 14 %
- metrology — 14 %
- lapping — 14 %
Methods
- clean room protocols — 29 %
- continuous improvement — 14 %
- best practices — 14 %
- clean room protocol — 14 %
- iso quality standards — 14 %
- ESD protocols — 14 %
- geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) — 14 %
- laser safety procedures — 14 %
- rapid prototyping — 14 %
- statistical analysis — 14 %
Responsibilities
- system assembly — 29 %
- system testing — 14 %
- team collaboration — 14 %
- technical support — 14 %
- technical procedure development — 14 %
- troubleshooting — 14 %
- test plan execution — 14 %
- test result recording — 14 %
- testing support — 14 %
- work instruction writing — 14 %
- report preparation — 14 %
- resource management — 14 %
- problem resolution — 14 %
- problem solving — 14 %
- process improvement — 14 %
- production build — 14 %
- system integration — 14 %
- system test — 14 %
- lens assembly — 14 %
- mirror assembly — 14 %
- fixture setup — 14 %
- equipment maintenance — 14 %
- equipment operation — 14 %
- lab operations support — 14 %
- laboratory operations support — 14 %
- hardware integration — 14 %
- instruction following — 14 %
- assembly building — 14 %
- assembly fabrication — 14 %
- assembly of components — 14 %
- assembly testing — 14 %
- communication with functions — 14 %
- data analysis — 14 %
- data reporting — 14 %
- debug processes — 14 %
- documentation review — 14 %