Lead Production Supervisor — Robotics & Aerospace Ops

Booster; California (MO); On-site; USD 114,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401K plan

Job summary

Skydio, a leading US drone company, is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and ensure safety, quality, output, and cost targets are met. You will manage staffing, training, and process adherence, and drive continuous improvement while partnering with Quality, Planning, and NPI teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data-driven decisions, and a culture of accountability, urgency, and teamwork across multiple production areas.

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 elevate 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.

Skills

Production leadership

Staffing planning

Lean manufacturing

Quality metrics

Communication

Tools

NetSuite

Arena

Slack

MES platforms

Job description

Skydio, a leading US drone company, is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and ensure safety, quality, output, and cost targets are met. You will manage staffing, training, and process adherence, and drive continuous improvement while partnering with Quality, Planning, and NPI teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, data-driven decisions, and a culture of accountability, urgency, and teamwork across multiple production areas.