NPI Production Lead — Drone Hardware Scaling

Skydio

Hayward (CA)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 146,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Stock options

Group health insurance

401K savings plan

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Holiday pay

Job summary

Skydio is seeking an NPI Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing for new products from engineering to LRIP and ramp. This hands-on leader translates product requirements into safe, executable shop-floor plans and represents Production across Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, Test, and PM.

Responsibilities include coordinating material readiness, establishing build plans, staffing, training, and ensuring safety, quality, and throughput.

Qualifications

5+ years of manufacturing, production, operations, or NPI experience.
2+ years leading technicians, operators, or production teams in a fast-paced environment.
Strong working knowledge of manufacturing flow, assembly, integration, test, inspection, production scheduling, and shop-floor operations.
Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve constraints involving labor, materials, equipment, processes, quality, or technical requirements.
Ability to interpret production data and use KPIs to prioritize work and drive decisions.
Strong leadership, organization, project coordination, written communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to spend significant time on the production floor and lead effectively amid changing products, priorities, and processes.

Responsibilities

Lead production execution for prototypes, engineering builds, pilot runs, manufacturing trials, LRIP, and new program launches.
Develop and execute build plans and daily schedules aligned with engineering, customer, and program milestones.
Own production readiness for staffing, materials, tooling, fixtures, equipment, workstations, documentation, training, safety, test, and inspection requirements.
Coordinate material readiness and resolve labor, material, quality, equipment, engineering, and process constraints before they affect milestones.
Represent Production in design reviews, readiness reviews, daily build reviews, customer visits, audits, and post-build retrospectives.
Capture lessons learned and drive them into product, tooling, documentation, training, and subsequent build improvements.