Manager, Process Engineering

Engineering Manager

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.

How you’ll make an impact:

• 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.

What makes you a good fit: 

• 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)
• Ability to write simple scripts (Python, SQL) to aggregate and analyze defect, yield, and productivity data and generate reports
• Enthusiasm to dive in and provide engineering creative solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills
• Industrial,electrical, or mechanical engineering degree preferred. 

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $145,000*- $195,000. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Skydio full-time employees are eligible to enroll in our benefit plans and take advantage of a variety of incentives and stipends.

*For some positions the pay may be dependent upon the individual's regional location.

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