Director of Business Development (Hypersonic Flight Experiments)

United StatesOn-site

Responsibilities

Represent the company at aerospace and defense trade shows, conferences, and industry events
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) Required

experience in a technical sales role for commercial or government for hypersonic capabilities.
Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into customer value
U.S. work authorization (and ability to obtain a security clearance if required) Desired
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

The California annual base salary for this role is currently $220,000 - $290,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.

Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth Who We Are:
Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.
Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain.
We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.
Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision.
These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, and operating at hypersonic speeds.
Inherently dual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications.
Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S.
Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.
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,