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.

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
Industrial, 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

Benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

DFADFMdesign control systemscapacity planningcycle time optimizationbottleneck analysisCADPythonSQLlean six sigma

Soft Skills

problem-solvingorganizationalcommunicationcross-functional teamworkleadershipcreativity

Certifications

industrial engineering degreeelectrical engineering degreemechanical engineering degree