Director of Business Development

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, pursue, and capture hypersonic flight experiments for USG and industry partners
• Proactively engage new customers via phone, email, LinkedIn, and in-person outreach
• Represent the company at aerospace and defense trade shows and industry events
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads to convert them into active sales opportunities
• Conduct introductory meetings to align customer needs with 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

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in hypersonic technical sales leadership, procuring flight tests, or managing hypersonic flight experiments
• Prior experience in technical sales for commercial or government hypersonic capabilities
• Comfortable with high-volume outbound calling and follow-up
• Experience engaging technical and executive stakeholders
• Strong 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace engineering or technical background
• Deep understanding of internal and external hypersonic flight experiments and test options
• Knowledge of wind tunnel testing for hypersonic systems and components
• Experience working with government and commercial hypersonic stakeholders
• Active DoD security clearance

About the Company

Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space, turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain. Backed by Y Combinator and Lockheed Martin Ventures, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of space-based defense and logistics.