Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer: NPI & Lean

Skydio; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Paid vacation time

Sick leave

Holiday pay

401K savings plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to lead and optimize manufacturing processes for autonomous products from prototype to high‑volume production. You will drive labor standards, capacity planning, line balancing and production modeling to ensure scalable, high‑quality output.

Responsibilities include developing standardized work, leading NPI manufacturing readiness, and partnering with cross‑functional teams to implement changes and improvements, while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in manufacturing process development and optimization across product lifecycles.
• Experience conducting time studies with MOST, MODAPTS or PMTS.
• Strong knowledge of labor standards, line balancing, and capacity planning.
• Proven project management leading cross-functional manufacturing initiatives.
• Lean fundamentals: value stream mapping, Kaizen, visual management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
• Drive NPI activities: processes, layouts, tooling, labor models and ramp plans.
• Develop standardized work instructions and documentation.
• Conduct capacity studies, line balancing and production modeling.
• Analyze OEE, cycle times and production performance to improve throughput.
• Lead cross-functional Lean initiatives to reduce waste and improve quality.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Design Eng, Quality, Supply Chain, Production and Test Eng.
• Manage multiple projects from concept to implementation with measurable outcomes.
• Support production with rapid troubleshooting and corrective actions.
• Develop business cases for capital equipment and automation.

Skills

NPI manufacturing

MODAPTS / PMTS

OEE analysis

Lean Manufacturing

ERP/MRP (NetSuite SAP Oracle)

SQL

Power BI

Python

CAD / process layouts

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

CAD

Job description

Skydio is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to lead and optimize manufacturing processes for autonomous products from prototype to high‑volume production. You will drive labor standards, capacity planning, line balancing and production modeling to ensure scalable, high‑quality output.

Responsibilities include developing standardized work, leading NPI manufacturing readiness, and partnering with cross‑functional teams to implement changes and improvements, while mentoring junior staff.