optical engineer (EN)
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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.
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Source aliases (EN)
- 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
- optical technology engineering expert
- optics engineer
- optical technology engineering specialist
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 33
- manage research data
- optical equipment standards
- conduct literature research
- optical glass characteristics
- engineering principles
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- operate open source software
- test optical components
- record test data
- optics
- types of optical instruments
- design drawings
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- conduct quality control analysis
- adjust engineering designs
- mathematics
- refractive power
- physics
- analyse test data
- think abstractly
- optical engineering
- optical components
- manage personal professional development
- optical manufacturing process
- model optical systems
- develop optical test procedures
- report analysis results
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform project management
- prepare production prototypes
- design optical prototypes
- approve engineering design
- synthesise information
Optional (EN) · 85
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- interpret circuit diagrams
- electrooptic devices
- communicate with customers
- develop electronic test procedures
- telecommunications engineering
- sell optical products
- electronic equipment standards
- mount optical components on frames
- microwave principles
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- photonics
- acoustics
- radars
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- perform data analysis
- speak different languages
- precision mechanics
- optomechanical components
- evaluate research activities
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform test run
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- microelectronics
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- cavity optomechanics
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- perform scientific research
- manage intellectual property rights
- medical imaging technology
- digital camera sensors
- create technical plans
- apply for research funding
- MOEM
- quantum optics
- electrooptics
- sensors
- maintain optical equipment
- coordinate engineering teams
- CAE software
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- optomechanical engineering
- promote open innovation in research
- computer engineering
- microprocessors
- quality standards
- electronics
- publish academic research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- mechanical engineering
- mentor individuals
- use precision tools
- microoptics
- draft bill of materials
- read engineering drawings
- use CAD software
- apply blended learning
- design optical systems
- microelectromechanical systems
- control engineering
- optoelectronic devices
- apply technical communication skills
- write scientific publications
- electromagnetic spectrum
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- integrate gender dimension in research
- operate precision machinery
- manage open publications
- build business relationships
- maintain safe engineering watches
- train employees
- semiconductors
- optoelectronics
- microsensors
- operate optical assembly equipment
- prepare assembly drawings
- perform resource planning
- conduct research across disciplines
- optical instruments
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- develop product design
- fibre optics
- lasers
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
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