Production Supervisor - Dayshift

Hayward, California, United Statesfull timeOn Site

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mid

$114k–$146k

H1B: yes

Skydio The Production Supervisor leads day-to-day manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, output, cost, and schedule goals. This role involves managing production execution, staffing, training, and process adherence while collaborating across multiple departments to resolve issues and improve performance.

Responsibilities

Skydio is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and ensure production teams achieve safety, quality, output, cost, and schedule objectives. Reporting to the Manager of Production, this role owns daily production execution, including staffing, output, quality, material readiness, training, and process adherence.
Working across Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Planning, Supply Chain, and NPI, the Production Supervisor will identify constraints, resolve issues, and drive consistent manufacturing performance.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, people-focused leader who maintains a strong floor presence, holds teams accountable, uses data to make decisions, and continuously improves safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
Production Leadership & Execution
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 quickly escalate material, quality, equipment, process, or staffing constraints.
Develop recovery plans when production falls behind schedule.
Maintain strong floor leadership and standards for safety, organization, cleanliness, and 5S.
Directly supervise production leads, technicians, assemblers, and operators.

Qualification

Experience in aerospaceFamiliarity with Lean ManufacturingExperience with NetSuiteExperience with MES platforms

Preferred

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.
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.