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Drive delivery of new hardware and sustaining projects by planning and executing cross-functional programs across product, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and quality. Define objectives, track progress, run readiness reviews, manage risks, improve processes, and coordinate post-ramp sustaining, ECOs, contract manufacturing transitions, and end-of-life activities to meet schedule, cost, quality and capacity targets.

The Senior Autonomy Engineer will build data pipelines for drone datasets, improve dataset quality, and support autonomy teams with data tools.

Own and scale manufacturing training, onboarding, certification, and workforce development programs. Manage the manufacturing LMS, training records, dashboards, compliance documentation, and effectiveness metrics. Build partnerships with educational institutions, workforce organizations, government agencies, and community groups to develop talent pipelines, apprenticeships, internships, and hiring initiatives. Identify workforce grants and public funding opportunities while coordinating cross-functional programs across manufacturing, engineering, quality, HR, recruiting, and production.

Leads sales planning and analysis by collecting, modeling, and reporting data for bookings, forecasting, territories, headcount, compensation, and sales performance. Builds dashboards, reports, KPIs, and analytical tools from multiple business systems, supports quarterly business reviews, improves data integrity and operational processes, and delivers insights to sales, finance, and executive stakeholders.

Own end-to-end manufacturing test readiness for product lines, develop automated test hardware and software, analyze manufacturing data, investigate production failures, and improve yield, test time, reliability, scalability, and product quality. Collaborate across hardware, software, product development, and manufacturing operations while maintaining software quality through code reviews and hardware-in-the-loop continuous integration.

Lead the architecture and hands-on development of Skydio’s go-to-market platform using Python, SQL, TypeScript, Palantir Foundry, data engineering, and AI technologies. Build scalable applications, APIs, integrations, business ontologies, ETL pipelines, AI assistants, and autonomous workflows. Partner with executives and cross-functional teams, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, and manage two entry-level AI Engineers while driving platform adoption and measurable business impact.

Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes from NPI through high-volume production. Responsibilities include process development, line layouts, tooling, labor modeling, time studies, capacity analysis, line balancing, OEE improvement, Lean initiatives, troubleshooting, capital-equipment business cases, cross-functional project leadership, and mentoring junior staff.

Leads and scales the manufacturing engineering organization for high-volume unmanned aircraft production. Owns factory automation, controls, equipment development, process industrialization, manufacturing systems architecture, and production-readiness standards. Builds capabilities in PLCs, robotics, motion control, machine vision, safety systems, and manufacturing data connectivity. Partners across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and software teams to improve manufacturability, automation, yield, traceability, and production scale. Also manages equipment suppliers, capital programs, technical strategy, organizational development, and factory-floor execution.

The Staff Technical Recruiter will lead engineering searches, partner with leaders to define hiring strategies, and enhance recruiting processes to attract top talent.

The PCB Layout Engineer will design complex printed circuit board layouts for drones, ensuring high performance, manufacturability, and reliability while collaborating with other engineering teams.