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Senior Operations Systems Engineer

Skydio· Operations
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Hayward, California, United States$145k - $219kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Operations Systems Engineer to build and scale manufacturing and operations systems, evaluate make vs buy decisions, integrate 3P applications or Palantir solutions, and enable data-driven manufacturing processes across US facilities.

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 company's needs
  • Manage 3P implementation projects by driving stakeholder engagement, defining project requirements, setting development milestones, and holding 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

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Palantir FoundrySQLPythonJavaMES/MRP/PLMData modeling and data pipelines
Nice to have:FAA Part 107

Benefits

  • Competitive base salaries
  • equity in the form of stock options
  • comprehensive benefits
  • various incentives and stipends
  • Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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