Skydio · 13 hours ago
Supplier Quality Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$128K/yr - $180K/yrSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, focusing on empowering a diverse audience of drone users. The Supplier Quality Engineer will be responsible for conducting supplier assessments, collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality production, and driving continuous improvements with the supplier base.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Conduct supplier assessment and on-site audits to verify supplier quality systems and overall capabilities
Participate in Hardware Product Development Process, partner with Manufacturing & Design Engineers to provide ideas and suggestions for manufacturing processes and quality plans to ensure suppliers have the capabilities in place for high-quality production at volume
Conduct First Article Inspections and Surveillance Audits to ensure suppliers adhere to the company’s design engineering & quality requirements, as well as maintain a robust quality control and assurance program in place
Drive quality planning during pre & post-production and 8D / SCAR activities with the supplier base to ensure suppliers’ outgoing quality is sufficient to minimize the need for incoming inspection at Skydio
Maintain supplier scorecards to measure quality performance and drive continuous improvements with Skydio supplier base towards zero defects
Qualification
Required
Conduct supplier assessment and on-site audits to verify supplier quality systems and overall capabilities
Participate in Hardware Product Development Process, partner with Manufacturing & Design Engineers to provide ideas and suggestions for manufacturing processes and quality plans to ensure suppliers have the capabilities in place for high-quality production at volume
Conduct First Article Inspections and Surveillance Audits to ensure suppliers adhere to the company's design engineering & quality requirements, as well as maintain a robust quality control and assurance program in place
Drive quality planning during pre & post-production and 8D / SCAR activities with the supplier base to ensure suppliers' outgoing quality is sufficient to minimize the need for incoming inspection at Skydio
Maintain supplier scorecards to measure quality performance and drive continuous improvements with Skydio supplier base towards zero defects
You are a self-starter with a desire to push Skydio products to the next level
You possess interpersonal and leadership skills as well as the ability to be a positive team member internally and externally
You have experience with bringing up and managing suppliers in different geographies
You have quality engineering experience in high-volume, high complexity consumer electronics or automotive products, or in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes (including metal casting, sheet metal forming & stamping, injection molding, composites, coating technologies), measurement and inspection practices, reliability, and statistical process control
You are familiar with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and able to interpret and comprehend complex drawings
You are familiar with and have used quality tools such as Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and 8D, Root Cause Analysis tools (i.e. 5-Why, fishbone diagrams), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and achieved measurable results by using them
Expected travel requirements 20-30%
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
Skydio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (34)
2024 (21)
2023 (22)
2022 (12)
2021 (16)
2020 (3)
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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