Lead Drone Production Supervisor

Skydio, Inc.; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Paid vacation

401K

Job summary

Skydio, Inc. seeks a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, quality, output, and cost targets are met.

You will supervise production leads, technicians, and operators, manage staffing and training, and collaborate across functions to resolve constraints while driving continuous improvement in a fast-paced factory environment. Strong floor presence, data-driven decision making, and accountability are essential to success in this role at Skydio's

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
• Experience leading or supervising production employees.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production flow, and shop-floor execution.
• Experience managing staffing, production priorities, and changing operational requirements.
• Experience using manufacturing KPIs such as output, yield, scrap, cycle time, downtime, and labor efficiency.
• Strong leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to make timely decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable using computers and digital manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations for assigned production areas, lines, or programs.
• Execute production plans while maintaining safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Establish daily targets, priorities, staffing plans, and labor allocation.
• Monitor production performance and quickly escape material, quality, equipment, process, or staffing constraints.
• Develop recovery plans when production falls behind schedule.
• Maintain strong floor leadership and standards for safety, organization, cleanliness, and 5S.
• Directly supervise production leads, technicians, assemblers, and operators.
• Manage daily staffing, attendance, overtime, training, and operator qualification.
• Set clear expectations and provide regular coaching and actionable performance feedback.
• Address productivity, quality, attendance, and performance concerns consistently and promptly.
• Support onboarding and develop production leads and high‑performing team members for increased responsibility.
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Operational excellence

Data-driven

Problem solving

Staffing management

Tools

NetSuite

Arena

Slack

Job description

Skydio, Inc. seeks a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, quality, output, and cost targets are met.

You will supervise production leads, technicians, and operators, manage staffing and training, and collaborate across functions to resolve constraints while driving continuous improvement in a fast-paced factory environment. Strong floor presence, data-driven decision making, and accountability are essential to success in this role at Skydio's