The company is seeking a Senior Operations Systems Engineer to build world-class operations and manufacturing systems supporting its scaling US manufacturing facilities. The role involves evaluating make-versus-buy decisions for applications and integrating third-party or bespoke Palantir applications to enable systems integration, automation, and AI insights. Working from an existing foundation of NetSuite, Arena, Jira, and a home-grown MES, the engineer partners with the business systems team and cross-functional stakeholders in supply chain and in-house production to understand pain points and deliver solutions that drive productivity, scalability, and profitability.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business stakeholders including production, supply chain, quality, planning, and engineering to conduct thorough problems and needs assessments
Conduct make vs buy decisions to best meet the companies needs
Manage 3P implementation projects by driving stakeholder engagement, defining project requirements, setting development milestones, and holding our development partners accountable for on-time deliverables
Develop and implement applications and tools within Palantir’s product suite to optimize material flow, ECOs, production scheduling, factory execution, and quality
Help integrate new data sources while maintaining the Palantir ontology
Conduct regular meetings and generate reports on project status, highlighting achievements, challenges, and upcoming milestones to ensure all stakeholders are well-informed
Solicit and provide feedback to ensure continuous improvement across systems

Requirements

Experience as an implementation lead for Palantir Foundry or similar products
Working level knowledge of SQL, Python, and Java to support building and reviewing customized applications and data pipelines
Have deep knowledge of operations and manufacturing systems and processes, including MES, MRP and PLM
Deep understanding of best practices for defining data structures and building data pipelines to support long term, scalable applications
Deep understanding of hardware and manufacturing business processes
Ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements and to make decisions in ambiguity
Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships with business stakeholders and third party developers
Ability to prioritize tasks against competing development schedules to maximize effectiveness
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills
Ability to identify and address challenges proactively

Nice to have

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

Benefits

Compensation: At Skydio, our compensation packages for full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of options, comprehensive benefits, and various incentives and stipends. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles. The annual base salary range for this position is $145,000 - $219,000*. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company’s success.