Advanced / NPI Quality Engineer

Skydio•Hayward, CA

1d•$145,000 - $257,000•Onsite

About The Position

Skydio is seeking an Advanced / NPI Quality Engineer to own product quality from concept through ramp, on one product, end to end. This role combines advanced quality and NPI responsibilities, as the person who writes the DFMEA will also be responsible for the line when failure modes appear. The engineer will set quality targets, facilitate risk analysis, qualify suppliers and measurement systems, manage build quality, and approve or hold gate reviews.

Requirements

Bachelor's in an engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
5+ years in quality engineering on physical products, including one product carried personally from design through mass production.
Hands-on DFMEA/PFMEA facilitation, control plans actually used on a line, and MSA/gauge R&R/capability studies you can run yourself.
Working knowledge of PPAP and root cause methods (8D, 5-why, fault tree) with verified closure.
Equally comfortable on the factory floor and in a design review.

Nice To Haves

Consumer electronics manufacturing (SMT, final assembly, RF test, cosmetic standards) and experience working through a CM/ODM.
Supplier quality (audits, sub-tier risk, PCN), IPC-A-610/J-STD-001/ESD S20.20, and reliability testing (HALT, AFR modeling).
Data fluency in SPC/yield analysis (JMP / Minitab / Python / SQL) and pulling your own data from the MES.
CQE or Six Sigma Black Belt; APQP under IATF 16949 or ISO 13485.
FCC/CE, UN 38.3, or IP ingress compliance exposure.
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.

Responsibilities

Set CTQ characteristics and quality targets (yield, DPMO, AFR), write the quality plan, and classify the BOM by risk with PPAP levels assigned per part.
Facilitate the DFMEA to verified closure, contribute to design reviews and DFM, and run EVT build quality including first article inspection and failure analysis.
Build the linked PFMEA and control plan, complete MSA on key gauges, and review supplier PPAP submissions.
Run capability studies and run-at-rate with production operators, approve the internal PPAP, and stand up SPC with real reaction plans.
Design the safe-launch plan with exit criteria, run daily quality reviews, drive 8D on escapes, and monitor field AFR.
Transfer a complete record set to sustaining quality and feed learnings back into the FMEA libraries and supplier requirements.