Skydio
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2014
🔧 Hardware
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
🔐 Security
💰 $170M Series E - Skydio on 2024-11
Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Security
Skydio is a manufacturer of autonomous drone systems that combine advanced onboard artificial intelligence, sensors, and cloud software to automate flight for inspection, security, public safety, and mapping missions. Its product family (including the X10, X10D, R10, docking stations, and software such as Skydio Autonomy and DFR Command) is designed for rapid situational awareness, automated inspections, site security, and Drone-as-First-Responder deployments for government, utilities, and enterprise customers. Skydio delivers integrated hardware, software, and services to enable safer, faster, and more autonomous operations in challenging environments.
Staff Global Supply Manager, Mechanicals
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Skydio
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2014
🔧 Hardware
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
🔐 Security
💰 $170M Series E - Skydio on 2024-11
Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Security
Skydio is a manufacturer of autonomous drone systems that combine advanced onboard artificial intelligence, sensors, and cloud software to automate flight for inspection, security, public safety, and mapping missions. Its product family (including the X10, X10D, R10, docking stations, and software such as Skydio Autonomy and DFR Command) is designed for rapid situational awareness, automated inspections, site security, and Drone-as-First-Responder deployments for government, utilities, and enterprise customers. Skydio delivers integrated hardware, software, and services to enable safer, faster, and more autonomous operations in challenging environments.
📋 Description
• Develop and execute commodity sourcing strategies of increasing scale for high-quality drone components. • Emphasize on mechanical assemblies, motors, optics, molded plastics, machined metals, and composites, but also spanning image sensors, camera modules, and mobile and AI chipsets and other electronics. • Develop clear technology and commodity roadmaps for current and future programs. • Be the liaison between supply chain and engineering for supplier and component selection during NPI and sustaining projects. • Identify new high potential suppliers on a global basis. • Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions. • Own RFI's, RFP's and RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented. • Drive price negotiation processes to ensure that Skydio’s commodity pricing is best in class. • Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers. • Maintain commodity consumption forecasts and associated plans of execution. • Consolidate spend across supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends, and develop sourcing alternatives. • Monitor current market conditions, technology roadmaps, and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities. • Work with finance and accounting during monthly close and financial planning cycles. • Identify and manage metrics required to ensure quality, performance, and durability of the product.
🎯 Requirements
• Strong practical knowledge and healthy enjoyment of manufacturing, supply chain, and purchasing processes and practices • Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis and purchasing procedures • Experience using cost models to define should-cost and negotiating price for sourcing and cost reduction • Flexibility to work and achieve goals in a fast-paced start-up environment with an ability to adapt to changing circumstances • Ability to understand strategic goals and effectively communicate detailed plans across various management levels as well as multiple regional and geographic locals • Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives • Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to, dispute resolution • Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics • Detail-oriented, team-oriented, with enthusiasm for learning new things. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics and professionalism • Technical degree or comparable work experience required
🏖️ Benefits
• Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions. • Diversity drives innovation. We have created a multidisciplinary environment that embraces the power of diverse perspectives to create elegant solutions for complex problems. • We are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture.
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