Director of Business Development (Hypersonic Flight Experiments)

Inversion • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $220,000 - $290,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As the nation advances its hypersonic capabilities, there is an increasing need for hypersonic flight testing to facilitate the development of these technologies. The Director of Business Development is an exciting new position at Inversion focused on providing high value, recoverable, and affordable hypersonic flight test to address this increasing demand. This role is highly outbound-focused, combining cold outreach, trade show engagement, and early-stage customer development. You will be on the front lines, introducing our hypersonic technologies to government, defense, and commercial aerospace stakeholders.

Requirements

• Total 10+ years in one or more of the following
• Overall technical sales leadership for hypersonic capabilities
• Procuring flight tests for hypersonic flight experiments
• Directly managing hypersonic flight experiments
• Prior experience in a technical sales role for commercial or government for hypersonic capabilities.
• Comfortable with high-volume outbound calling and follow-up
• Experience engaging technical and executive stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into customer value
• Willingness to travel for trade shows and customer meetings
• U.S. work authorization (and ability to obtain a security clearance if required)

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of the various types of internal and external hypersonic flight experiments
• Strong understanding of the various current options for hypersonic flight tests
• Knowledge of various test options for hypersonic systems, subsystems, and components, including via wind tunnel testing
• Experience working with government customers, commercial customers, and stakeholders for hypersonic flight experiments
• Active DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and engage new customers via phone, email, LinkedIn, and in-person outreach
• Represent the company at aerospace and defense trade shows, conferences, and industry events
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads and convert them into active sales opportunities
• Conduct introductory calls and meetings to understand customer needs and align them with our hypersonic capabilities
• Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified opportunities in CRM
• Coordinate with engineering and leadership to support technical discussions and proposals
• Track market activity, competitor positioning, and customer feedback
• Support early capture activities for government and defense programs (as applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees