Production Planner (Photonics)

Location: Singapore

Company

hirify.global is a well-funded startup developing photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing, including optical interconnects and scalable photonic engines.

What you will do

• Plan, issue, and control production schedules and direct material requirements for optical and silicon production.
• Balance customer demand, master production schedules, shop load, material availability, and manufacturing capacity across photonics, silicon, and optical assembly operations.
• Monitor work-in-progress, inventory levels, supply availability, backlog exposure, and production constraints; develop recovery plans to protect customer commitments.
• Schedule equipment and personnel and prepare work orders or purchase requests for production components and parts.
• Coordinate manufacturing, engineering, quality, purchasing, inventory control, logistics, and demand planning activities.
• Support the transition of new optical and silicon products from development through pilot builds and high-volume production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 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 knowledge of material flow, inventory management, and schedule control.
• Ability to analyze work-in-progress, supply availability, backlog risk, and production constraints to support on-time delivery.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with ERP systems and Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
• Experience in optical, silicon, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing, including NPI, pilot builds, and production ramp activities.
• Project management experience, a master’s degree, APICS CPIM, PMP, or Six Sigma/Lean/DMAIC expertise.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and familiarity with ISO 13485 and FDA-regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance.
• Professional development opportunities and certification support.
• Access to photonics and advanced manufacturing technologies.