As an Optical Engineer, you will need to master following:

• design optical prototypes
• develop optical test procedures
• model optical systems
• operate open source software
• optical manufacturing process
• test optical components

More generally, an optical engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse test data
• approve engineering design
• conduct literature research
• conduct quality control analysis
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• design drawings
• engineering principles
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mathematics
• operate scientific measuring equipment
• optical components
• optical engineering
• optical equipment standards
• optical glass characteristics
• optics
• perform project management
• physics
• prepare production prototypes
• record test data
• refractive power
• report analysis results
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• types of optical instruments

It also helps to know the following:

• MOEM
• cavity optomechanics
• circuit diagrams
• define manufacturing quality criteria
• develop product design
• digital camera sensors
• electrooptic devices
• electrooptics
• maintain optical equipment
• maintain safe engineering watches
• manage intellectual property rights
• mechanical engineering
• microelectromechanical systems
• microoptics
• microwave principles
• mount optical components on frames
• operate optical assembly equipment
• optomechanical components
• quantum optics
• sell optical products
• CAE software
• acoustics
• apply blended learning
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply technical communication skills
• build business relationships
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communicate with customers
• computer engineering
• conduct research across disciplines
• control engineering
• coordinate engineering teams
• create technical plans
• design optical systems
• develop electronic test procedures
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft bill of materials
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• electromagnetic spectrum
• electronic equipment standards
• electronics
• evaluate research activities
• fibre optics
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• lasers
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• medical imaging technology
• mentor individuals
• microelectronics
• microprocessors
• microsensors
• operate precision machinery
• operate precision measuring equipment
• optical instruments
• optoelectronic devices
• optoelectronics
• optomechanical engineering
• perform data analysis
• perform resource planning
• perform scientific research
• perform test run
• photonics
• precision mechanics
• prepare assembly drawings
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• provide technical documentation
• publish academic research
• quality standards
• radars
• read engineering drawings
• resolve equipment malfunctions
• semiconductors
• sensors
• speak different languages
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• telecommunications engineering
• train employees
• use CAD software
• use precision tools
• write scientific publications