Supplier Quality Engineer – Sustaining

🕒 March 25

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Skydio

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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

• Conduct supplier assessment and on-site audits to verify supplier quality systems and overall capabilities. • Participate in Hardware Product Development Process, partner with Manufacturing & Design Engineers to provide ideas and suggestions for manufacturing processes and quality plans to ensure suppliers have the capabilities in place for high-quality production at volume. • Conduct First Article Inspections and Surveillance Audits to ensure suppliers adhere to the company’s design engineering & quality requirements, as well as maintain a robust quality control and assurance program in place. • Drive quality planning during pre & post-production and 8D / SCAR activities with the supplier base to ensure suppliers’ outgoing quality is sufficient to minimize the need for incoming inspection at Skydio • Maintain supplier scorecards to measure quality performance and drive continuous improvements with Skydio supplier base towards zero defects

🎯 Requirements

• You have experience with bringing up and managing suppliers in the region and abroad. • You have quality engineering experience in high-volume, high complexity consumer electronics or automotive products, or in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes (including metal casting, sheet metal forming & stamping, injection molding, composites, coating technologies, displays, cameras, wiring harness), measurement and inspection practices, reliability, and statistical process control. • You are familiar with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and able to interpret and comprehend complex drawings • You are familiar with and have used quality tools such as Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and 8D, Root Cause Analysis tools (i.e. 5-Why, fishbone diagrams), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and achieved measurable results by using them. • You demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication in English. • You are willing to travel to suppliers as required (30-40%).

🏖️ Benefits

• At Skydio we believe that diversity drives innovation, and we are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture.