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About Chiral Photonics

Chiral Photonics is a fast-growing photonics manufacturing company enabling next-generation optical connectivity. We specialize in high-precision fiber-optic components and assemblies that support advanced data center, AI, and communications infrastructure. As we scale production, we are building strong operational foundations rooted in standard work, quality, and continuous improvement.

Role Overview

The Production Floor Manager owns the day-to-day execution of manufacturing operations on the production floor. This role is responsible for meeting daily and weekly production goals, ensuring adherence to SOPs and work instructions, maintaining a clean and organized floor, and supporting production teams through hands-on leadership, equipment troubleshooting, and close collaboration with Production Director, Operations, Engineering and R&D teams.

This is a highly visible role critical to scaling output while maintaining Chiral's high standards for precision, quality, and safety.

Key Responsibilities

Production Execution & Performance

• Lead daily production floor operations, ensuring work is executed according to plan and priorities.
• Own achievement of daily and weekly output targets (e.g., standard orders, batch completion, on-time delivery).
• Track and manage key production metrics such as:
• Units completed per day/week
• WIP levels by process step
• Throughput and cycle time
• Rework and defect trends
• Participate in and lead daily production huddles and weekly planning reviews.
• Ensure every technician has a work order and all parts are ready in advance of their scheduled shift.
• Work closely with Operations Planning Coordinator to review forecasted plans and targets.

Team Management

• Directly manage and support a production team of approximately 10-15 technicians (scaling over time).
• Provide clear daily direction, prioritize work, and rebalance resources as needed to meet goals.
• Coach technicians on standard work, quality expectations, and safe operating practices.
• Support onboarding and training of new production staff in partnership with Operations
• Review timecards for accuracy and completeness

Standard Work, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure strict adherence to SOPs, work instructions, and quality controls across all production activities.
• Enforce discipline around WIP management, including labeling, tracking, storage locations, and FIFO practices.
• Identify deviations from standard work and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and audit-ready production floor (5S mindset).

Equipment & Troubleshooting Support

• Act as first-line support for equipment issues and production interruptions.
• Troubleshoot common equipment and process issues alongside technicians.
• Escalate complex issues appropriately and coordinate with Process Engineering and Operations.
• Help minimize downtime and ensure fast recovery to standard operations.

Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Process Engineering to identify bottlenecks, yield issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute ideas and data to drive process optimization, efficiency gains, and defect reduction.
• Support pilot changes, new process introductions, and scaling initiatives on the production floor.
• Provide structured feedback from operators to operations to be triaged for action with process / engineering / R&D.

Safety & Housekeeping

• Promote and enforce a safe working environment at all times.
• Ensure compliance with safety procedures, PPE requirements, and cleanliness standards.
• Address safety or housekeeping issues immediately and proactively.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience supervising or leading manufacturing operations (precision manufacturing, photonics, optics, electronics, or similar preferred).
• Strong understanding of production workflows, SOP-driven environments, and WIP control.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to work directly on the floor.
• Experience supporting equipment troubleshooting and process adherence.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally with engineering and operations.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in fiber-optic, photonics, semiconductor, medical device, or other high-precision manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, 5S, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience scaling production from low-volume to higher-volume operations.

Job Title: Construction Project Manager II

• US CITIZENS ONLY****

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ (Primarily in-office; some flexibility to work from regional offices, with weekly team meetings in Cherry Hill)

Position Overview

The Construction Project Manager II supports the delivery of large-scale infrastructure and construction projects by coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking project milestones, and maintaining project reporting and documentation. This role acts as the central point of coordination between pre-construction, permitting, engineering, and field construction teams to ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and aligned with organizational objectives.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple complex projects simultaneously while maintaining strong communication with internal teams, external partners, and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent infrastructure or construction projects from planning through completion, ensuring milestones, budgets, and timelines are met.
• Assist design and engineering teams with project tracking, reporting, and performance metrics to monitor production and milestone status.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, action item trackers, and milestone schedules for all assigned projects.
• Coordinate activities across cross-functional teams including engineering, permitting, construction, and external partners.
• Host regular project status meetings to review progress, risks, and deliverables for active construction projects.
• Maintain communication with vendors and service providers to coordinate resources, materials, and project support.
• Track project data and maintain accuracy across internal systems and reporting tools.
• Perform data analysis and reporting to provide insights and updates to stakeholders.
• Use structured project management processes to manage risks, budgets, scope changes, and resource allocation.
• Maintain program trackers and project management systems used to monitor large construction programs.
• Conduct site visits and walkouts when required to coordinate with partners, municipalities, and field teams.
• Support collaboration between planning, design, and construction teams to ensure project readiness and successful execution.

Required Qualifications

• Previous experience managing or supporting construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple large projects simultaneously.
• Experience tracking project milestones and reporting progress to stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, construction, and operational teams.
• Ability to analyze project data and generate reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with fiber, coax, telecommunications, or infrastructure construction projects.
• Experience managing complex or multi-million-dollar projects.
• Familiarity with project tracking systems or construction management tools.
• Experience performing data analysis and reporting.
• Experience supporting engineering or headend infrastructure projects.

Work Environment

• Primarily office-based with regular coordination meetings.
• Ability to manage multiple large programs simultaneously, some consisting of hundreds of individual jobs or work orders.
• Occasional site visits or walkouts may be required.

Engineering Project Managers

Travel: 80% (US-based)

Openings: 5

Pay Rate: $50-60/hr.+

Payment Schedule: Weekly

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision

Start Date: 2 weeks

Interview Process: 1 virtual

Duration: 6-month contract, likely extensions

Must Haves

• 4+ years experience within project management relevant to facilities (controls, industrial or electrical)
• Experience managing a high volume of projects with quick turn around
• Strong organizational skills relevant to tracking project timelines, budgets, etc.
• Cross functional collaboration skills to effectively drive progress
• Technology adept
• Adaptable to change and innovation

Plusses

• PMP
• Bachelor's degree specific to engineering
• Experience with conveyor systems

A client of Insight Global in the retail/technology industry is seeking Project Managers to assist with an initiative to update, upgrade & improve their facilities across the country. This will include general building updates as well as the upgrading of manual systems in warehouses & delivery centers, to automated systems. The goal is to improve operational efficiency within the locations make processes faster, safer and more efficient. We are looking for hands on project managers with relevant backgrounds to engineering, facilities, warehouse and maintenance related work who aren't afraid to get super involved and can direct and oversee the work being done to ensure timely and accurate completion. This is a fast paced role and requires a high level of organization skills to appropriately communicate with internal and external stakeholders about project timelines, budgets and any escalations that may arise. This person will be responsible for tracking projects in relevant software and updating playbooks accordingly as tasks are completed. This person will be in the field 80-100% of the time, executing on projects and will often be working odd hours or an occasional weekend to complete the work. Travel will primarily be regionally based, but could involve travel outside of the assigned region. Projects will focus on general building upgrades and increase in complexity as trust is earned. All travel time is paid and expenses are reimbursed but will be fronted on a personal credit card. A credit card limit of $6,000 or higher is required to appropriately support the travel, but expenses can be submitted weekly for reimbursement. We are seeking individuals within 30 minutes of a major airport in OH, IN, MI & KS.

Junior Data Engineer

Location: East Windsor, New Jersey

E-Verified | Visa Sponsorship Available

About Us:

BeaconFire, based in Central NJ, is a fast-growing company specializing in Software Development, Web Development, and Business Intelligence. We're looking for self-motivated and strong communicators to join our team as a Junior Data Engineer!

If you're passionate about data and eager to learn, this is your opportunity to grow in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Qualifications We're Looking For:

• Passion for data and a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Intermediate Python skills (Experience with NumPy, Pandas, etc. is a plus!)
• Experience with relational databases like SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

Your Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with analytics teams to deliver reliable, scalable data solutions.
• Design and implement ETL/ELT processes to meet business data demands.
• Perform data extraction, manipulation, and production from database tables.
• Build utilities, user-defined functions, and frameworks to optimize data flows.
• Create automated unit tests and participate in integration testing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational and performance-related issues.
• Work with architecture and engineering teams to implement high-quality solutions and follow best practices.

Why Join BeaconFire?

• E-Verified employer
• Work Visa Sponsorship Available
• Career growth in data engineering and BI
• Supportive and collaborative work culture
• Exposure to real-world, enterprise-level projects

Ready to launch your career in Data Engineering?

Apply now and let's build something amazing together!

Position: Senior Semantic Engineer / Ontology Engineer

Location: East Hanover, NJ (Hybrid - 3x/week onsite)

Duration: 6 Months (extendable)

DESCRIPTION:

We are hiring a Senior Semantic Engineer / Ontology Engineer to lead the design of healthcare-grade ontologies and semantic layers that power trusted analytics, interoperable data products, and AI-ready knowledge systems. You will apply metrics-first semantic modeling and ontology engineering practices aligned to the principles such as clear semantics, reusable meaning, governance-by-design, and measurable business outcomes. You'll work across RDF and property graph paradigms and Snowflake semantic layer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve healthcare ontologies and semantic models to standardize meaning across domains (clinical, patient, provider, claims, access, quality, outcomes).

• Design data products that are AI-ready and leverage ontologies and semantic models

Build metrics-first semantic layers:

• Define canonical metric definitions, dimensions, hierarchies, and calculation rules.

• Ensure metrics are explainable, auditable, and consistently implemented across products and teams.

• Model knowledge in both RDF (RDFS/OWL) for formal semantics and interoperability.

• Property graphs for traversal-heavy use cases and relationship analytics.

Develop and maintain semantic artifacts:

• Concept schemes, entity models, vocabularies, mappings, and documentation.

• Alignment patterns between ontologies, data products, and downstream analytics/AI use cases.

Implement semantic integration patterns:

• Entity identity resolution, entity linking, terminology harmonization, and enrichment workflows.

Partner with platform teams to operationalize semantics in Snowflake:

• Enable semantic access patterns that support analytics and AI applications.

• Contribute to solutions that leverage Snowflake Cortex for semantic enrichment and assisted discovery (within established governance constraints).

Collaborate with governance and architecture stakeholders to embed:

• Versioning, stewardship workflows, quality checks, and change management for semantic assets.

• Guide best practices and mentor engineers/analysts on ontology engineering, graph modeling, and metrics-first design.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in semantic engineering, ontology engineering, knowledge graph development, or closely related roles.

• Demonstrated experience in healthcare data domains (payer/provider, clinical, claims, RWE, quality, outcomes, etc.).

• Strong hands-on ontology engineering experience: RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL and/or graph query experience

• Ontology modularization, alignment, and lifecycle management

• Experience with property graph modeling (e.g., Neo4j-style patterns) and translating between RDF and property graph representations when needed.

• Proven delivery of a metrics-first approach:

• Canonical KPIs/metrics definitions, dimensional modeling alignment, semantic consistency across BI and data products.

• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms, especially Snowflake, and exposure to Snowflake Cortex for AI-enabled workflows.

• Strong stakeholder communication skills: able to translate clinical/business intent into precise semantic definitions and usable artifacts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability and terminology standards (e.g., HL7/FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10) and how to map/align them to enterprise semantics.

• Experience with semantic tooling and practices, validation rules, ontology testing, and CI/CD for semantic assets.

• Experience deploying semantic context layers

The Food Scientist II reports directly to the Research & Technical Development Lead and plays a critical role in advancing technical platforms, ingredient research, and process feasibility for snack and confectionery products. This role is responsible for developing scalable scientific solutions that support the company's innovation pipeline. The position focuses on early-stage formulation science, functionality modeling, and technical risk mitigation prior to commercialization handoff.

The Food Scientist operates within the Technical & Research Team and collaborates closely with the Product Development & Commercialization Team during scale-up and launch readiness phases.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Technical Platform Development

· Support the Research & Technical Development Lead in building and optimizing core technology platforms (e.g., probiotic systems, fiber enriched system, sugar reduction system, hydrocolloid systems, protein enhanced system).

· Conduct ingredient functionality studies to understand structure-function relationships.

· Develop reusable technical frameworks that enable multiple pipeline products.

2. Advanced Formulation Science

· Design and optimize complex formulations for snack and confectionery applications.

· Investigate texture stability, moisture migration, hydrolysis risks, glass transition behavior, and shelf-life quality indicator.

· Conduct structured root cause analysis for technical performance issues.

· Translate scientific findings into scalable formulation strategies.

3. Process Feasibility & Risk Mitigation

· Evaluate processing parameters (e.g., heating time, vacuum, Brix, pH, Aw) to ensure technical robustness.

· Identify potential scalability constraints early in development.

· Support pilot-scale validation and collaborate with commercialization teams as needed.

4. Stability Prediction

· Design preliminary accelerated and real-time stability studies.

· Establish quality benchmarks for texture, moisture, color, and API ingredients.

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

· Partner with Product Development during transition from research to commercialization.

· Provide technical input to embedded analytical and compliance resources.

· Support supplier technical assessments and ingredient validation.

6. Documentation & Technical Governance

· Maintain accurate and complete formulation documentation in designated systems.

· Develop detailed technical reports and risk assessments for internal review.

Qualifications:

· Master's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or related field.

· 2–4+ years of experience in snack and/or confectionery and/or gummy and/or bars of R&D.

· Strong knowledge of hydrocolloids, fiber systems, sugar reduction systems, and moisture control mechanisms.

Iris's client, a large Capital Markets Institute, is currently searching for a strong C++ Developer based in New York, NY

Job title: C++ Developer

Location: New York, NY

Duration: 24 months

Skills: C++, Multithreading, Data Structures, Algorithms

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly skilled C++ Developer with deep experience in Capital Markets. The ideal candidate should have strong fundamentals in C++ (modern versions preferred), low‐latency system design, and a solid understanding of financial products, trading workflows, and market data systems.

Key Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in C++ (C++11/14/17) and object-oriented programming
• Experience working in Capital Markets or Investment Banking environments
• Exposure to trading systems, market data, risk platforms, or exchange connectivity
• Understanding of multithreading, data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-performance engineering teams
• Good problem‐solving skills and the ability to debug complex systems

Nice to Have:

• Experience with UNIX/Linux, STL, and Boost
• Familiarity with FIX protocol, pricing libraries, or real-time systems

The City of Newark is seeking an experienced and qualified Land Surveyor to serve within the Department of Engineering as the Municipal Land Surveyor.

Under direction, the incumbent is responsible for managing and maintaining the City's official tax maps, property records, and survey data, while providing technical and administrative support to engineering, planning and zoning, property management, public infrastructure, and legal functions.

Work is primarily performed in an office setting with field assignments as required

Position: Engineering Manager

Location: Camden County, NJ

Position Summary

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of engineers and technical personnel who support the ongoing performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of existing manufacturing operations. This role ensures that production systems, processes, and products operate efficiently while driving initiatives related to cost reduction, product performance improvements, and operational excellence.

• The manager will serve as the primary engineering liaison to production, collaborating closely with operations, quality, supply chain, and product development teams to resolve technical challenges and implement process improvements. This is a hands-on leadership role suited for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and is passionate about improving processes, quality, and product performance.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and technical staff responsible for supporting existing manufacturing operations.
• Foster collaboration between engineering, operations, and quality teams to drive operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish clear priorities and ensure engineering resources are effectively aligned with production needs.

Manufacturing & Production Support

• Serve as the primary engineering point-of-contact for manufacturing operations.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support to maximize production uptime and efficiency.
• Maintain accurate engineering definitions including bills of materials (BOMs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), drawings, and process specifications.
• Lead engineering projects focused on product performance improvements, cost reduction, and reliability enhancements.

Quality & Root Cause Analysis

• Partner with the Quality team to investigate production or field failures.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support quality initiatives aimed at improving product reliability and manufacturing consistency.

Engineering Change Management

• Manage and oversee the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process from initiation through implementation.
• Ensure engineering and quality documentation remains accurate and up to date.
• Coordinate cross-functional communication during product or process changes.

Process Improvement & Lean Initiatives

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing and statistical problem-solving methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve assembly processes, reduce waste, and optimize workflow.
• Support preventative maintenance initiatives and long-term equipment reliability.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with R&D, operations, supply chain, and customer support teams to support product lifecycle management.
• Assist supply chain teams with evaluation of alternate components or suppliers to mitigate supply risks.
• Ensure alignment between engineering initiatives and broader operational goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10 years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership or management experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations in a sustaining or production engineering capacity.
• Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles and structured problem-solving methods.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks and the ability to interpret technical drawings.
• Familiarity with Engineering Change Orders (ECO) or Engineering Change Notices (ECN).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and the ability to solve complex technical issues in a fast-paced environment.

Hands-On Product Manager — AI-Native Recruiting Platform (HireHQ)

Build the AI operating system for recruiting.

HireHQ is building the next generation AI-native recruiting platform — one that eliminates manual recruiter workflows and replaces them with intelligent automation, AI copilots, and decision intelligence.

Traditional ATS platforms were built for record keeping.

HireHQ is building a recruiting operating system that helps companies find, evaluate, and hire the best talent faster.

We are looking for a highly hands-on Product Manager who can help design and ship this future.

This is not a traditional PM role. You won't just write tickets and manage roadmaps.

You will:

• Prototype product ideas yourself
• Use AI tools to rapidly build concepts
• Work directly with engineers
• Drive automation across recruiting workflows
• Ship AI-native features quickly

If you like building products at the intersection of AI, automation, and recruiting, you'll thrive here.

What You'll Work On

You'll help build core capabilities of the HireHQ recruiting platform, including:

AI Candidate Discovery

• AI-powered candidate search
• Intelligent candidate matching
• Automated candidate enrichment
• Talent graph and candidate insights

AI Screening & Evaluation

• Resume and profile understanding
• AI candidate scoring and ranking
• Interview intelligence and summarization
• Automated screening workflows

Recruiter Copilots

• AI recruiter assistants
• Automated outreach generation
• Pipeline prioritization
• Smart next-action recommendations

Candidate Experience

• AI-powered communication
• Automated follow-ups
• Interview scheduling automation
• Candidate journey insights

Recruiting Automation

• Workflow orchestration across the hiring pipeline
• Intelligent routing and task automation
• AI-driven pipeline management
• Recruiter productivity tools

Our goal is simple:

Reduce manual recruiting work by 80% while improving hiring outcomes.

What You'll Actually Do

You will operate like a product builder.

Ship Products

• Own product areas end-to-end
• Work directly with engineers to design solutions
• Move from idea → prototype → shipped feature quickly

Prototype With AI

You'll actively use tools like:

• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot
• Claude
• ChatGPT
• Figma

to rapidly create:

• product mockups
• workflows
• prototypes
• PRDs
• user stories
• experimentation plans

We expect PMs to use AI as a force multiplier, not just write docs.

Design AI-Native Workflows

You'll help design product systems that use:

• LLMs
• semantic search
• embeddings
• candidate matching
• summarization
• automation engines

to eliminate manual recruiting work.

Drive Automation

You will constantly ask:

\"Why is a human doing this?\"

Then build systems that automate it.

Work Extremely Closely With Engineering

You will collaborate daily with engineers to:

• shape product architecture
• refine technical tradeoffs
• ship features quickly
• iterate with real customer feedback

What We're Looking For

Experience

• 5+ years in product management
• Experience building recruiting or HR tech products

Examples include:

• Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Recruiting CRM platforms
• Candidate engagement tools
• Talent sourcing platforms
• Interview platforms
• Talent intelligence platforms

You deeply understand how recruiting actually works.

AI Product Thinking

You've helped build or design AI-enabled product capabilities, such as:

• candidate matching
• screening automation
• workflow automation
• recommendation systems
• AI copilots
• search and ranking systems

Builder Mindset

You like creating things, not just planning them.

You are comfortable:

• prototyping ideas
• creating workflows
• building product concepts independently
• using AI tools to accelerate execution

Comfort With Ambiguity

This is a startup environment.

You should enjoy:

• fast iteration
• unclear problems
• ownership
• shipping quickly

Strong Candidates Often

• Previously worked at HR tech or recruiting tech companies
• Have built ATS or recruiting workflow products
• Use AI tools daily for product development
• Think about automation and workflow intelligence
• Care deeply about shipping useful products quickly

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 3 months:

• Recruiters using HireHQ spend dramatically less time on manual tasks
• AI features automate key recruiting workflows
• Customers rely on AI insights to prioritize candidates
• Recruiters move from administrative work → strategic hiring

Why This Role Is Different

Most recruiting software was designed 15–20 years ago.

HireHQ is rebuilding recruiting software from the ground up using:

• AI agents
• workflow automation
• intelligent candidate matching
• recruiter copilots

This role is an opportunity to help build the AI operating system for hiring.