Manufacturing Operations Program Management Intern

Job Description

Manufacturing Operations Program Management Intern | Voyant Photonics

The Tone:
This is an internship at Voyant Photonics, located in New York City. Voyant Photonics builds compact, high-performance LiDAR devices that fit in the palm of your hand, redefining machine perception using silicon photonic chips. This role is crucial for driving cross-functional alignment and execution of hardware programs from Concept through Mass Production (MP) and End of Life (EOL), making high-precision sensing accessible and scalable.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Location: New York, NY (In-person)
• Team: Manufacturing Operations Program Management team
• Mission: Own program execution and cross-functional alignment for hardware programs from Concept through Mass Production and End of Life.
• Tech Stack: Confluence, Jira, Smartsheet, NetSuite, Arena

What You’ll Actually Do
• Own: Own program execution from Concept through Mass Production (MP) and End of Life (EOL).
• Track: Track build readiness across materials, documentation, test infrastructure, logistics, and customer fulfillment.
• Coordinate: Coordinate with Engineering on BOM releases, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and configuration control.
• Partner: Partner with Supply Chain to monitor lead times, component availability, and supplier risks.
• Facilitate: Facilitate weekly cross-functional meetings and maintain action/risk trackers.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field; new graduate.
• Experience: 0–3 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, consulting, or program coordination, including internships; comfortable collaborating across technical teams.
• Skills: Cross-functional collaboration, risk management and mitigation planning, data-driven program reporting, process standardization.
• Bonus: Experience owning operations program schedules and master build plans; Familiarity with developing build readiness dashboards and risk management tools; Ability to use AI, digital tools, and automation to improve reporting efficiency; Familiarity with tools such as Confluence, Jira, Smartsheet, NetSuite, or Arena.