Production Supervisor - Dayshift

The role

The Production Supervisor leads daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, output, cost, and schedule objectives. This role manages production teams, staffing, and material readiness while driving consistent manufacturing performance.

What you will do

• Lead daily manufacturing operations for assigned production areas, lines, or programs.
• Execute production plans while maintaining expectations for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Establish daily targets, priorities, staffing plans, and labor allocation.
• Monitor production performance and escalate constraints.
• Develop recovery plans when production falls behind schedule.
• Maintain floor leadership and standards for safety, organization, cleanliness, and 5S.
• Directly supervise production leads, technicians, assemblers, and operators.
• Manage daily staffing, attendance, overtime, training, and operator qualification.
• Track key manufacturing metrics including output, yield, scrap, and cycle time.
• Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to investigate defects and process deviations.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
• Experience leading or supervising production employees.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production flow, and shop-floor execution.
• Experience managing staffing, production priorities, and changing operational requirements.
• Experience using manufacturing KPIs such as output, yield, scrap, cycle time, downtime, and labor efficiency.
• Strong leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to make timely decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable using computers and digital manufacturing systems.

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, robotics, electronics, automotive, or other complex hardware manufacturing.
• Experience in high-volume or rapidly scaling manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, standard work, line balancing, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with NetSuite, Arena, and Slack, or comparable ERP, PLM, and communication systems.
• Experience with MES platforms, manufacturing dashboards, or production reporting systems.
• Familiarity with structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis.
• Experience supporting NPI-to-production transitions.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Group health insurance plans
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan
• Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles

Before you apply

• Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged and required for certain positions.
• Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility.

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.