Manufacturing Quality Supervisor
About The Position
As a Manufacturing Quality Supervisor at Skydio, you’ll be responsible for overseeing end-to-end manufacturing quality across assembly and test operations for advanced autonomous hardware products. You will lead a team of quality inspectors and technicians, ensuring products meet internal specifications, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations. This is a hands-on leadership role that partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Test to drive defect prevention, root cause resolution, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, high-reliability hardware environment.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading and developing quality teams in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to hire, onboard, train, coach, and retain high-performing quality personnel
- Skilled at setting clear expectations, goals, and accountability
- Experience conducting performance reviews and feedback conversations
- Strong conflict-resolution and corrective coaching skills
- Ability to balance people leadership with hands-on quality execution
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional partners
- Comfortable leading through change, ambiguity, and rapid scale-up
- Strong background in electromechanical hardware manufacturing quality
- Working knowledge of RCA, CAPA, SPC, and FMEA
- Experience with inspection, testing, and defect tracking systems
- Comfortable using Jira, NetSuite, MES, Slack, and related tools
- Detail-oriented with a prevention-focused quality mindset
- Passion for continuous improvement and scalable quality systems
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day quality execution across assembly and test lines
- Lead and develop a team of quality inspectors and technicians
- Ensure adherence to approved processes, including SOPs, inspection plans, test procedures, and defect reporting systems
- Monitor and analyze quality KPIs (yield, defect rates, escapes, rework) and drive corrective actions
- Manage nonconforming material (NCRs), containment actions, and CAPA activities
- Partner with Engineering on root cause analysis and corrective/preventive solutions
- Escalate systemic quality issues to Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Hardware, and Software teams as needed
- Support audits (internal, supplier, and regulatory) and ensure audit readiness
- Foster a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
Benefits
- competitive base salaries
- equity in the form of stock options
- comprehensive benefits packages
- Paid vacation time
- sick leave
- holiday pay
- 401K savings plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
