# Senior FP&A Analyst, Manufacturing & Strategic Expansion at PDW

- Company: PDW
- What the company does: Performance Drone Works (PDW) is building the next generation of tactical robotic systems used across defense, national security, and public safety missions. Backed by Squadra Ventures.
- Company website: https://pdw.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (United States)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $120K to $135K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/pdwcareers/jobs/b2f60b73-d263-4b23-98ec-8f8cc39cd3de
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pdw-senior-fp-and-a-analyst-manufacturing-and-strategic-expansion/

## About the role

PDW values our team, and we offer a compensation package reflective of your experience and capabilities. Benefits include:

## What they're looking for

- Own and continuously improve an integrated, driver-based manufacturing model for PDW's existing operations and expansion into 5 to 7 additional product verticals
- Translate demand forecasts, program schedules, and launch plans into production-volume, ramp-rate, throughput, capacity, and resource scenarios by product and vertical
- Develop gross-margin forecasts and bridges that isolate the effects of volume, price, mix, material usage and purchase price, labor efficiency, yield, overhead absorption, warranty, and other cost drivers
- Build repeatable model templates and assumption standards for new verticals so opportunities can be evaluated consistently while preserving the operating differences of each product, market, and launch plan
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Product and Program leaders, Go-to-Market, and Accounting to validate model inputs, challenge assumptions, identify dependencies, and maintain a clear source of truth
- Lead the manufacturing inputs to annual planning and quarterly forecasts, including revenue, production, COGS, gross margin, headcount, OpEx, CapEx, inventory, working capital, and cash-flow assumptions

Tags: G&A