Skydio · 1 day ago
Product Quality Engineer
Hayward, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$147K/yr - $200K/yrSkydio is the leading US drone company focused on autonomous flight technology. They are seeking a Product Quality Engineer to define and improve quality processes, directly impacting product quality and speed to market.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
This position will span NPI and sustaining (focused initially on the vehicle itself)
Collaborate cross-functionally with product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and software test teams to define manufacturing and product quality requirements
Conceptualize, develop, iterate, and implement quality processes
Identify and prioritize efforts between quality initiatives, throughput goals, and yield issues. Ability to clearly convey cost-benefit / ROI
Drive cross-functional Material Review Board meetings to classify, prioritize, and triage issues
Ensure defects are contained, participate in failure analysis, evaluate corrective actions and verify fixes are implemented and effective
You will be involved with all quality facets from DFMEAs, component quality initiatives, IQC definitions, production review, field failure analysis
Qualification
Required
Excellent communication skills to promote the impact of quality while helping to meet business objectives
Experienced in full product development lifecycle (NPI through MP)
Experience implementing quality inspection points in manufacturing, evaluating cosmetic criteria, monitoring quality and yield metrics
Technical whole-product engineering experience involving firmware-controlled electromechanical systems
Able to write simple queries in SQL, DB to pull backend data, analyse and paint a good picture of failures signature
Strong data processing and analytical skills (JIRA, Six Sigma, JMP)
Enthusiasm to get a hands on understanding of complex problems
Ability to prioritize own tasks in a dynamic, fast paced environment to maximize effectiveness
Innate attention to detail and organization
Preferred
AS9100/ISO9001 experience is a nice to have
Able to read 2D mechanical drawings and interpret CTQs, FAIs and come up with sampling plan
Any previous experience with CMM, Metrology instruments, Faro arm would be great
Benefits
Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan
Company
Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
Founded in 2014
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (34)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740MKey Investors
Linse CapitalAndreessen HorowitzN47
2024-11-15Series E· $170M
2023-02-27Series E· $230M
2021-02-28Series D· $170M
Leadership Team
Adam Bry
Co-founder & CEO
Tom Moss
COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)
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