Director, Hardware Product Lifecycle

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November 14

☕ Washington – Remote

Although this job is listed in Washington, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $144k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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VotingWorks

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Non-profit • Government • Security

VotingWorks is a nonprofit organization focused on providing open-source election systems and audits to enhance the security and integrity of elections. With a commitment to creating trust in the electoral process, VotingWorks offers paper ballot-based voting systems and risk-limiting audits, such as their Arlo audit system, to ensure transparency and accuracy. Used in ten states, VotingWorks aims to make elections simple and secure through their robust software solutions and election audit tools.

2 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

🔐 Security

💰 Seed Round on 2019-03

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in hardware configuration/change management or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), New Product Introduction (NPI), and/or manufacturing operations for complex electromechanical products. • Demonstrated experience creating and implementing new processes across a multidisciplinary organization. • Exceptionally detail oriented; someone that actively seeks order from chaos. • Direct ownership of ECR/ECO implementation (effectivity, cut-ins, retrofits). • Strong BOM fundamentals: EBOM, MBOM (engineering vs manufacturing BOM), where-used , effectivity, alternates/obsoletes. • Demonstrated operating cadence: pre-reads, drumbeats, decision logs, action tracking, closure. • Hands-on with PDM/PLM (SolidWorks PDM or similar): lifecycles, permissions, templates, and revisioning. • Clear, concise communicator; can frame trade-offs and drive decisions with just enough process.