Manufacturing Quality Manager

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, and operational excellence to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users - from first responders to insurance claims adjusters, utilities, and more!

We are seeking a talented multi-disciplinary manager to define, implement, and continuously improve manufacturing quality processes. In this role, your contributions will directly drive product quality, speed to market, productivity, and profitability. 

• Build and maintain a high-performing quality organization through strong leadership, professional development, and hiring programs.
• Collaborate with product development, customer success, manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to define manufacturing quality requirements and ensure quality is designed into Skydio products through the product development process.
• Define quality control strategy that improves incoming material, internal process, and outgoing product quality.
• Ensure defects are contained, failure root cause is determined, and corrective action is implemented and validated.
• Develop and utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) and work with analytics and business systems teams to continuously improve defect tracking and reporting systems.
• Utilize those systems to analyze and investigate defect trends, proactively identify and mitigate productivity and yield losses
• Drive cross-functional non-conformance reviews to classify, prioritize, and triage defects to appropriate teams
• Participate in early field failure analysis (EFFA) and ongoing customer support issue reviews to identify and resolve manufacturing quality issues

Requirements:

• Quality Management expert with broad experience with implementation of quality and continuous improvement processes across an organization.
• Experience in supporting manufacturing through multiple product cycles.
• Experience with quality inspection points in manufacturing, cosmetic criteria, yield metrics and reporting.
• Strong data processing and analytical skills (jira, SQL, MiniTab/JMP, Tableau)
• Enthusiasm to get a hands on understanding of complex problems to develop solutions.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a dynamic, fast paced environment to maximize effectiveness
• Excellent project management, communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills
• Innate attention to detail and organization

At Skydio we believe that 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.

As such, we do not make hiring or other employment-related decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions),  gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, veteran, military or family status, or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.

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