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Salary: USD 145,000 - 219,000 / annual
Skydio is the leading US autonomous drone company, serving defense, public safety, and enterprise customers. The company combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software development, and operational excellence to power autonomous flight technology.
You will join the operations team to build world-class manufacturing and operations systems supporting Skydio's scaling US production facilities. This role focuses on evaluating make-vs-buy decisions for operational applications, integrating third-party systems, and developing bespoke Palantir applications to enable systems integration, automation, and AI-driven insights. You will work with existing systems including NetSuite, Arena, Jira, and an in-house MES platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with business stakeholders (production, supply chain, quality, planning, engineering) to assess pain points and needs
- Conduct make-vs-buy evaluations to determine optimal solutions
- Lead third-party implementation projects, managing stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, milestones, and vendor accountability
- Develop and implement applications within Palantir's product suite to optimize material flow, ECOs, production scheduling, factory execution, and quality
- Integrate new data sources while maintaining Palantir ontology standards
- Generate project status reports and conduct regular stakeholder meetings
- Solicit and provide feedback for continuous improvement
You will report to the business systems team and work cross-functionally across operations, supply chain, and production to drive productivity, scalability, and profitability.
Requirements:
- Proven experience as an implementation lead for Palantir Foundry or similar enterprise data platforms
- Working-level knowledge of SQL, Python, and Java to build and review customized applications and data pipelines
- Deep knowledge of operations and manufacturing systems and processes (MES, MRP, PLM)
- Deep understanding of best practices for data structure definition and scalable data pipeline architecture
- Deep understanding of hardware and manufacturing business processes
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and make decisions in ambiguity
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with business stakeholders and third-party developers
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills
- Ability to proactively identify and address challenges
- FAA Part 107 certification strongly encouraged within first 60 days; required for certain positions
About Skydio
Defense / GovTech; Industrial — autonomous drones for defense, public safety, and enterprise.
