Hardware Program Manager — Autonomous Drones

SoloPoint Solutions, Inc.; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Paid time off

401K savings plan

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a multi‑disciplinary program manager to drive successful delivery of new product and sustaining projects within the Operations organization. You will influence quality, speed to market, productivity, and factory profitability as Skydio builds autonomous drones in a U.S.

facility. Responsibilities include leading cross‑functional plans, defining objectives and metrics, and advancing supply chain, manufacturing and quality processes to ensure on‑time delivery and scalable

Qualifications

• Functional understanding of manufacturing, quality, supply chain, engineering and change management throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Strong electro‑mechanical program management background, preferably with consumer and industrial electronics.
• Excellent problem‑solving, critical thinking, organizational, communication and leadership skills.
• Analytical approach to drive recommendations based on data, identifying or developing tools to coordinate and track project progress.
• Willingness to work outside the scope of your role to cover gaps in ownership.
• Ability to remain flexible, calm and creative in the face of uncertainty and change.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross‑functionally to plan and execute the development, implementation and support of new hardware products.
• Define objectives, deliverables and metrics with exit criteria to meet schedule, cost, quality and capacity targets.
• Plan projects & programs, track progress, communicate status and elevate issues, leading risk management and problem solving through the lifecycle.
• Drive program review meetings, providing concise status updates, soliciting input, and communicating risks.
• Develop & improve processes for supply chain, manufacturing and quality to ensure timely deliverables.
• Coordinate post‑ramp qualification and sustaining activities including product improvements, international expansion, transition to and from contract manufacturers, engineering builds, testing, ECO implementation, and end‑of‑life planning.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Manufacturing knowledge

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Change management

Job description

Skydio is seeking a multi‑disciplinary program manager to drive successful delivery of new product and sustaining projects within the Operations organization. You will influence quality, speed to market, productivity, and factory profitability as Skydio builds autonomous drones in a U.S.

facility. Responsibilities include leading cross‑functional plans, defining objectives and metrics, and advancing supply chain, manufacturing and quality processes to ensure on‑time delivery and scalable