Conn Hughes

Staff Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Lead @ Skild.ai

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Manufacturing Engineer with a decade of experience developing and implementing Lean Manufacturing processes, designing systems for Hardware Documentation and leading Hardware and skill trainings. Strong project management and communication skills, with a passion for improving processes and contributing to an awesome work environment.

Experience

  • Member of Technical Staff at Stealth Startup
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Skydio (Full-time · 2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Sr. Process Design Engineer
      Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Sr. Manufacturing Design Engineer
      Sep 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs

  • Manufacturing Engineer (Everyday Robots Project) at X, the moonshot factory
    May 2016 - Sep 2023 · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Fabricator / Robotics R&D Build Lead at Google
    May 2014 - May 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Owner / Machinist / Fabricator at Independent Machine Works
    May 2012 - May 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo