Staff Supplier Quality Engineer PCB/PCBA

About the role

Skydio is expanding its supplier base to meet growing production volume and quality demands for advanced autonomous drones. As a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer focusing on PCB and PCBA, you will collaborate with product design, manufacturing, supply chain and quality teams to ensure robust supplier relationships and high‑quality electronic assemblies.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct supplier assessments and on‑site audits to evaluate PCB, PCBA, and electronics manufacturing suppliers' quality systems, process controls, and production capabilities.
• Partner with Electrical, Manufacturing, and Design Engineers throughout hardware product development to ensure manufacturability, testability, and supplier readiness for new product introductions 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 during prototype, pre‑production, and mass production phases, creating control plans, PFMEAs, process validations, and outgoing quality strategies.
• Manage supplier corrective action requests (SCARs), 8D investigations, containment actions, and root‑cause analysis to resolve quality issues.
• Develop and maintain supplier scorecards and KPIs focused on quality, reliability, yield, and responsiveness.
• Analyze manufacturing and field quality data to identify trends, assess supplier performance, and mitigate risks related to PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, component quality, and system reliability.
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement robust inspection, test, and process control methodologies.

Required profile

• You are a self‑starter with a passion for delivering exceptional quality and reliability in advanced electronic products.
• You possess strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills to influence cross‑functional teams and supplier partners.
• You have experience developing, qualifying, and managing electronics manufacturing suppliers across multiple geographies.
• You have quality engineering experience in high‑volume, high‑complexity consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, robotics, or similar industries.
• You are familiar with PCB and PCBA manufacturing processes, including fabrication technologies, soldering, AOI, SPI, ICT, flying probe, functional test, X‑ray inspection, and reliability testing.
• You can interpret electrical schematics, assembly drawings, Gerber files, and engineering documentation and communicate technical requirements effectively.

Required skills

• Experience with PCB fabrication, SMT processes, AOI, SPI, ICT, flying probe testing, functional test, X‑ray inspection, and reliability testing.
• Proficiency with quality tools such as PFMEA, DFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, 8D, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control, Process Capability Analysis, and Design of Experiments.
• Familiarity with IPC standards (IPC‑A‑610, IPC‑6012, IPC‑J‑STD‑001, IPC‑7711/7721).