VotingWorks

Procurement

• Own purchasing and material readiness for builds
• Source, negotiate, and purchase hardware materials and components
• Manage vendor relationships, monitor inventory levels
• Coordinate build dates with Hardware and Product leads
• Publish weekly build-readiness and shortage reports

Hardware Procurement Manager

Director

• Define and implement lightweight, scalable hardware processes from scratch.
• Own the operating playbook for change control, release, build readiness, vendor/deviation handling, and turn ad-hoc habits into clear, repeatable steps.
• Manage BOMs (Bills of Materials) as a single source of truth; manage versions, effectivity and where-used impacts across all products.
• Run Engineering Change Requests/Orders from proposal to implementation.
• Define “ready to release” criteria; publish a Release Calendar.
• Issue controlled drawings/specs to vendors; track deviations with clear expiry and controls.
• Create lean test plans with Product/QA and archive results and decisions.
• Keep certification artifacts synced with current product revisions.
• Administer CAD/PDM (SolidWorks + PDM) lifecycles, templates, and naming; eliminate “shadow BOMs”.
• Translate what’s released into what gets built; manage build timelines, ordering deadlines, overage estimations, and shortage alerts.
• Ensure Ops is only buying released, qualified configurations; communicate effectivity cut-ins and last-time-buys.
• Implement traveler updates, inspection points, and test coverage with production team.
• Manage nonconforming material control and MRB (Material Review Board) decisions.

Director, Hardware Product Lifecycle

Project Manager

• Assist the Head of Compliance and Government Partnerships and the VotingWorks team in achieving Federal - and state - certification.
• Be available to be onsite for certification testing at SLI Compliance (Wheatridge, CO) and Elements (Longmont, CO) during test campaigns.
• Support and later lead state certification efforts.
• Communicate solutions and mitigations to the test lab on behalf of VotingWorks.
• Assist the Vx team with managing development and revisions to technical data package (documentation).
• Lead the usability and accessibility testing process.
• Attend state and/or national conferences to represent VotingWorks.

Hardware Procurement Manager

Director, Hardware Product Lifecycle

Certification Project Manager