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O*NET detailed work activityDesign electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation
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Part of Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 19 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Integrate tags, readers, or software in radio frequency identification device (RFID) designs.
- Design and develop computer hardware and support peripherals, including central processing units (CPUs), support logic, microprocessors, custom integrated circuits, and printers and disk drives.
- Design electronic components, software, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, or scientific applications.
- Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image processes, signal process technologies, or optical systems.
- Design sensing, measuring, and recording devices, and other instrumentation used to study plant or animal life.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Design or develop sensors to reduce the energy or resource requirements to operate appliances, such as washing machines or dishwashing machines.
- Design sensors or switches that require little or no power to operate for environmental monitoring or industrial metering applications.
- Plan or develop applications or modifications for electronic properties used in components, products, or systems to improve technical performance.
- Design electro-optical sensing or imaging systems.
- Design gas lasers, solid state lasers, infrared, or other light emitting or light sensitive devices.
- Design photonics products, such as light sources, displays, or photovoltaics, to achieve increased energy efficiency.
- Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
- Devise automated lab validation test stations or other test fixtures or equipment.
- Design or redesign optical fibers to minimize energy loss.
- Develop laser-processed designs, such as laser-cut medical devices.
- Design or develop new crystals for photonics applications.
- Design laser machining equipment for purposes such as high-speed ablation.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Design, integrate, or test photonics systems or components.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Engineer, install, maintain, or repair security systems, programmable logic controls, or other security-related electronic systems.
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.