Job Profile:      Algorithm Developer


Design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.

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Job Information
   
   
79,930 131,120 192,500

Select Tasks
Analyze, fabricate, or test fiber-optic links. Design electro-optical sensing or imaging systems. Design laser machining equipment for purposes such as high-speed ablation.
Develop laser-processed designs, such as laser-cut medical devices. Determine commercial, industrial, scientific, or other uses for electro-optical applications or devices. Conduct research on new photonics technologies.
Design, integrate, or test photonics systems or components. Analyze system performance or operational requirements. Conduct testing to determine functionality or optimization or to establish limits of photonics systems or components.
Design gas lasers, solid state lasers, infrared, or other light emitting or light sensitive devices. Determine applications of photonics appropriate to meet product objectives or features. Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image processes, signal process technologies, or optical systems. Assist in the transition of photonic prototypes to production. Create or maintain photonic design histories.
Oversee or provide expertise on manufacturing, assembly, or fabrication processes. Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the field. Train operators, engineers, or other personnel.
Design or develop new crystals for photonics applications. Design or redesign optical fibers to minimize energy loss. Design photonics products, such as light sources, displays, or photovoltaics, to achieve increased energy efficiency.
Design solar energy photonics or other materials or devices to generate energy. Develop photonics sensing or manufacturing technologies to improve the efficiency of manufacturing or related processes. Write reports or proposals related to photonics research or development projects.
Document photonics system or component design processes, including objectives, issues, or outcomes.





Select Abilities
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). The ability to see details at a distance. The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
The ability to see under low light conditions. The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.




Tools Used
Atomic force microscopes AFM Autocorrelators Bench refractometers
Biosafety cabinets Chemical hoods Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering CARS microscopes Confocal fluorescence microscopes Contact lithography systems
Cryostats Current monitors Deconvolution fluorescence microscopes
Digital cameras Digital panel meters Digital storage oscilloscopes DSO
Electron beam lithography systems Extreme ultraviolet lasers Femtosecond lasers
Flow meters Fluorescence lifetime spectrometers Infrared viewers
Interferometers Isolation glove boxes Laser beam profilers
Laser Doppler vibrometers Laser facsimile machines Laser printers
Laser tweezers Line scan cameras Microprobe stations
Near field scanning optical microscopes NSOM Near infrared cameras Nitrogen lasers
Optical choppers Optical fiber cleavers Optical power meters
Optical spectrum analyzers Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR Oscilloscopes
Oxidation furnaces Personal computers Photodetectors
Photodiode array detectors Photon counting systems Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
Polarimeters Power meters Probe test stations
Pulse generators Raman microscopes Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Reactive ion etchers RIE Scanning electron microscopes SEM Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Single photon lasers Spectrofluorimeters Spectrometers
Spectrophotometers Spectroscopes Spin coaters
Streak cameras Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes Tunable diode lasers
Tunable dye lasers Vacuum deposition systems Wavelength meters
Xenon arc lamps

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