/  OPCN  / Niagara College Canada

The Photonics Department currently provides a laddered program offering students an exit point after two years with a Photonics Engineering Technician Diploma or, after three years, students receive a Photonics Engineering Technology Advanced Diploma. Students train in a dedicated teaching cleanroom, a Class 4 laser lab, a spectroscopy lab, a manufacturing space, and a photonics flex-lab facility to emulate the advanced manufacturing industry environments that graduates will transition into.

  • Thin-Film Deposition
  • Test and Align Lasers
  • Optical System Alignment
  • Optical testing
  • Clean and Maintain Precision Optics
  • Fiber optics preparation, including fusion and mechanical splicing, and testing OTDRs (optical time-domain reflectometers), OSAs (optical spectrum analyzers), and OPMs (optical power meters).
  • Testing (OTDR, OSA, OPM)
  • Electronics test instrumentation experience
  • SMT and Through Hole Soldering
  • Experience with 2D & 3D modeling and Additive Manufacturing
  • Exposure to Laser Welding and Cutting
  • Optical Manufacturing
  • Technologists receive an introduction to optical design
  • Technologists Complete an Eight Month Capstone Applied Research Project

How can I recruit from this college?
Contact Cristina Simionescu to make arrangements for a recruiting visit. Graduates are available at the start of each May, although it is recommended to recruit early because graduates are in short supply.

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