Staff Supplier Quality Engineer - PCB/PCBA

About the role

Skydio, a US drone company, is hiring a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer for its Supplier Quality Engineering team. The role works with Product Design, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Design, Supply Chain and Quality teams and interfaces with current and potential suppliers to strengthen the supplier base in line with rising production volume and quality needs.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct supplier assessments and on-site audits of PCB, PCBA and electronics manufacturing suppliers' quality systems, process controls and production capabilities.
• Partner with Electrical, Manufacturing and Design engineers to ensure quality planning, manufacturability, testability and supplier readiness for new products and volume production.
• Drive supplier qualification activities including process audits, First Article Inspections (FAI), Production Validation Builds (PVT) and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Lead supplier quality planning for prototype, pre-production and mass production, including control plans, PFMEAs, process validations and outgoing quality strategies.
• Manage SCARs, 8D investigations, containment actions and root cause analysis to resolve quality issues quickly.
• Maintain supplier scorecards and KPIs on quality, reliability, yield and responsiveness, and analyze manufacturing and field quality data to spot trends and risks.
• Work with suppliers on inspection, test and process control methods, and on PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, component quality and electronic system reliability.

Required profile

• Experience developing, qualifying and managing electronics manufacturing suppliers across multiple geographies.
• Quality engineering experience in high-volume, high-complexity consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, robotics or similar fields.
• Self-starter with strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills, able to influence cross-functional teams and suppliers.
• Expected travel of 20-30%.

Required skills

• Knowledge of PCB fabrication, SMT, AOI, SPI, ICT, flying probe, functional test, X-ray inspection and reliability testing.
• Ability to read schematics, assembly drawings, Gerber files and engineering documentation.
• Proficiency with PFMEA, DFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, 8D, root cause analysis, SPC, process capability and DOE.
• Component qualification, supplier process validation, reliability testing and failure analysis.
• Familiarity with IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-6012, IPC-J-STD-001, IPC-7711/7721) is highly desirable.