Staff Supplier Quality Engineer PCB/PCBA

The role

You will work with Product Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to strengthen the supplier base. You will conduct supplier assessments, manage corrective actions, and ensure quality for PCB, PCBA, and electronics manufacturing.

What you will do

• Conduct supplier assessments and on-site audits for PCB, PCBA, and electronics manufacturing suppliers.
• Partner with engineers to ensure quality planning, manufacturability, and supplier readiness.
• Drive supplier qualification activities including process audits, FAI, PVT, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Lead supplier quality planning during prototype, pre-production, and mass production phases.
• Manage supplier corrective action requests, 8D investigations, and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain supplier scorecards and KPIs.
• Analyze manufacturing and field quality data to identify trends and mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement inspection, test, and process control methodologies.

Required qualifications

• 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 industries.
• Deep knowledge of PCB fabrication, SMT processes, electronic assembly, test systems, and component quality management.
• Familiarity with PCB and PCBA manufacturing processes including PCB fabrication technologies, soldering processes, AOI, SPI, ICT, flying probe, functional test, X-ray inspection, and reliability testi
• Experience interpreting electrical schematics, assembly drawings, Gerber files, fabrication notes, and engineering documentation.
• Proficiency with quality tools such as PFMEA, DFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, 8D, Root Cause Analysis (5-Why, Fishbone), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process Capability Analysis, and Design of Exper
• Experience with component qualification, supplier process validation, reliability testing, and failure analysis techniques for electronic assemblies.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-6012, IPC-J-STD-001, IPC-7711/7721) and electronics industry quality requirements

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.