Education:
52%
Bachelor's Degree
38%
Master's Degree
Photonics Engineers
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Salary
High:
$168,320.00
Average:
$111,280.00
Hourly
Average:
$53.50
What they do:
Design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.
On the job, you would:
- Analyze system performance or operational requirements.
- Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image processes, signal process technologies, or optical systems.
- Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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89% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
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85% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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75% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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75% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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75% | Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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74% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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71% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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70% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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65% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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100% | Investigative - Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service. | |
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72% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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78% | Achievement - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. | |
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78% | Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. | |
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67% | Working Conditions - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. | |
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67% | Recognition - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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75% | Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |
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75% | Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |
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75% | Information Ordering - 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). | |
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75% | Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |
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72% | Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |
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72% | Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |
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72% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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69% | Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. | |
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69% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |
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69% | Fluency of Ideas - 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). | |
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69% | Originality - 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. | |
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66% | Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |
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66% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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71% | Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. | |
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71% | Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |
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70% | Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems. | |
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68% | Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |
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68% | Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
Operate industrial equipment.
Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
Fabricate devices or components.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Identify new applications for existing technologies.
Research advanced engineering designs or applications.
Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Identify new applications for existing technologies.
Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
Create physical models or prototypes.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Prepare detailed work plans.
Maintain operational records or records systems.
Document technical design details.
Direct industrial production activities.
Update technical knowledge.
Train personnel on proper operational procedures.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
Design energy production or management equipment or systems.
Design industrial processing systems.
Prepare research or technical reports.
Write reports or evaluations.
Prepare proposal documents.
Prepare research or technical reports.
Write reports or evaluations.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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99% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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99% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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96% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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90% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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85% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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84% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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81% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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78% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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75% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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70% | Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting? | |
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81% | Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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89% | Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | |
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87% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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84% | Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. | |
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84% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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79% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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79% | Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. | |
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76% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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76% | Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. | |
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71% | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | |
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71% | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment - Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. | |
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69% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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65% | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information - Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |