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Director of Product Compliance

Skydio· R&D
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$230k - $347.5kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Director of Product Compliance responsible for owning product compliance across Skydio’s portfolio. Builds the operating system for compliance, leads a team of portfolio compliance engineers, and collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure launch readiness and certification work proceeds with clear strategy and governance.

Responsibilities

  • Own product compliance for the company. Set the policy, arbitrate cross-program tradeoffs, own the launch readiness recommendation and sign-off, and act as the single point of accountability when a requirement is contested or a launch is at risk.
  • Lead and grow the compliance team. Develop compliance engineers embedded in program teams, balance capacity against an 18-month roadmap, and ensure each program has a tailored plan.
  • Chart the path forward in ambiguity. Translate unclear or evolving requirements into a clear compliance strategy, maintaining program momentum and making defensible decisions.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering on launch timelines that reflect real certification lead times, dependencies, and external constraints, and escalate launch-critical risk early enough to act on it.
  • Direct our SME bench and external strategy. Engage right experts across cellular, radio, civil aviation, cybersecurity, supply chain, export, and more, while shaping policy and regulation with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in product compliance, certification, or regulatory engineering, including experience leading a team
  • Deep technical grounding across EMC, radio, and product safety, plus knowledge of adjacent domains (cellular and carrier certification, battery, aviation, cybersecurity, and supply chain/export controls)
  • Track record building process and governance where it didn’t exist and achieving organizational adoption
  • Comfortable with decision rights and communicating when a launch date is at risk
  • Strong cross-functional operator with engineering, legal, supply chain, and executive stakeholders
  • Willingness to work outside the scope of role to cover gaps in ownership
  • Willingness to obtain FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days (strongly encouraged for all; required for certain roles)

Skills

Required:Product compliance leadershipEMC, radio, and product safety

Benefits

  • Paid vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan
  • Group health insurance plans
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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