Manager, Process Engineering

Skydio•Hayward, CA

About The Position

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios and beyond. About the role: Autonomous systems are a new breed of product that bring together electro-mechanical hardware and real-time AI software. The complexity of the systems combined with the fact they can move freely in the real world makes consistent, high-quality manufacturing critical to delivering a great product to customers. Skydio is seeking a talented multi-disciplinary engineering manager to own the manufacturing processes through which state-of-the-art autonomous flying machines are made available to a broad audience. Skydio is scaling its in-house manufacturing capabilities to meet demand with this role being a critical component to success.

Requirements

Previously led engineering based teams in a manufacturing environment.
Strong electro-mechanical background preferred
Capacity planning, cycle time optimization, and bottleneck analysis
Design control systems to minimize costs and production issues
Develop design and production standards in cooperation with management and user personnel
Prepare material and equipment lists, purchase orders, cost analyses and estimated production costs
Design the layout of facilities and determine personnel requirements
Support staff training for new processes and provide instructions and manuals
Proficient in CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo)
Simple scripts (Python, SQL) to aggregate and analyze defect, yield, and productivity data and generate reports
Ability to writIndustrial, electrical, or mechanical engineering degree preferred.
Enthusiasm to dive in and provide engineering creative solutions to complex problems.
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills

Responsibilities

Collaborate with operations, product development, quality, test, and infrastructure teams to define product assembly requirements.
Generate timely DFA/DFM feedback and work with engineering organizations to make optimal design trade-offs for Skydio’s long-term success.
Design, implement, and validate fixtures, equipment, process controls, and tests to ensure stable manufacturing within fast development schedules.
Proactively identify and mitigate potential productivity and yield losses.
Monitor and evaluate product requirements and production efficiencies to drive capacity and throughput improvements.
Production equipment maintenance and repair processes.
Continuously improve quality and efficiency and reduce cost through reduction of waste and variability using lean and six sigma methods.