Production Planner - Optical and Silicon Manufacturing

About the role

Lumilens, a well-funded startup building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing, is seeking a Production Planner to plan and scale optical and silicon production. The role controls production schedules, manages material requirements and ensures a steady flow of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods, working closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality, purchasing and inventory control teams.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, issue and control production schedules and direct material requirements for optical and silicon production
• Develop and maintain production plans balancing customer demand, master production schedules, shop load, material availability and manufacturing capacity
• Advise management on work-in-progress, material availability, inventory levels and potential disruptions
• Schedule equipment and personnel, confirm material supply and demand, and prepare work orders or purchase requests
• Coordinate with quality, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, logistics and demand planning for sustaining production and new product introduction (NPI)
• Support the transition of new products from development to pilot and high-volume production
• Monitor parts movement through move orders, stock transfers and shipping requests
• Analyze inventory risk, backlog and back-order exposure and develop recovery plans to protect customer commitments
• Manage assigned projects to drive schedule attainment, inventory accuracy and continuous improvement

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of supply chain, production planning or materials planning experience, or an advanced degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Experience planning production in a manufacturing environment with a strong understanding of material flow, inventory management and schedule control
• Ability to analyze work-in-progress, supply availability, backlog risk and production constraints
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across manufacturing, engineering, quality and supply chain teams

Required skills

• Preferred: ERP experience, including MRP
• Preferred: planning experience in optical, silicon, semiconductor or advanced manufacturing, including NPI and pilot builds
• Preferred: excellent mathematics, analytics and statistical skills
• Preferred: project management experience; Master's degree; APICS CPIM, PMP, Six Sigma/Lean/DMAIC expertise
• Preferred: Microsoft Office, ISO 13485 and FDA-regulated environment experience

What we offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Health insurance and comprehensive benefits package
• Professional development opportunities and certification support
• Access to cutting-edge photonics and advanced manufacturing technologies