Senior Commodity Manager, Electronics

WHO WE ARE

Biofire Technologies is on a mission to give gun owners better tools for reducing preventable gun injuries and deaths, especially among children. We believe our technology, combined with a best-in-class customer experience, will define the future of firearms safety for the next generation. Our mission-driven approach has earned support from the firearm community, the tech world, and the media.

Biofire employees encompass a diverse range of talents, including world-class engineers who have designed and tested firearms, medical devices, robots, cars, satellites, rockets, and supersonic jets; expert technicians from aerospace, defense tech, special forces, and gunsmithing; and elite operators from high-tech, advanced manufacturing, and regulated industries. Whether building the product or powering the company behind it, every Biofire team member is united by an obsession with safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

OUR CULTURE

Reducing accidental firearm injuries and deaths requires original thinking and authentic collaboration, so we’re deeply invested in building a team and culture that can achieve our mission together. Team members enjoy autonomy and flexibility from day one, so expect to be immediately tasked with solving challenging problems and building new systems that work. We’ll hold you accountable for executing audacious goals, giving and receiving honest feedback, and helping your teammates succeed.

You’ll receive respect, kindness, and support from every direction while you figure out how to get it all done.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Commodity Manager, Electronics at Biofire, you will build the electronics supply base that carries our product from low-rate initial production (LRIP) into full-rate production. You will own the electronics commodity strategy across PCB fabrication, PCB assembly (SMT/THT), and component sourcing for semiconductors, passives, connectors, and cable/harness assemblies. That means qualifying suppliers, cutting cost out of the bill of materials, reducing single-source exposure, and putting commercial agreements in place that carry Biofire through its next phase of growth.

We're looking for someone who combines real electronics manufacturing process knowledge with hands‑on system‑building skills, and who can influence engineering, quality, and production partners without direct authority. You'll help our supply chain team build procurement infrastructure essentially from scratch.

To succeed, you'll need to stand up a supplier qualification framework, a dual-sourcing roadmap, and formal commercial agreements within your first six months, all without interrupting current production supply. This is a role for someone who wants to take an electronics supply base that's still in LRIP and turn it into something qualified, cost-effective, and resilient enough to support Biofire's production ramp.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Day-to-day responsibilities of the role will include:

• Build a supplier qualification framework using IPC-A-610 / J-STD-001 workmanship standards, first‑article inspection, and capacity audits, calibrated by commodity type, and use it to get Biofire'S Electronics supplier base qualified for full‑rate production;

• Cut Electronics BOM cost through DFX‑driven design changes like component standardization, higher‑density or multi‑source packages, and connector consolidation, plus volume renegotiation, competitive bidding, and better commercial terms. Track it all in a supplier‑confirmed savings tracker;

• Evaluate the full Electronics parts portfolio to find single‑source and EOL/obsolescence risk across semiconductors and passives. Build a prioritized dual‑sourcing roadmap and qualify second sources based on risk, business impact,…