Business Development Specialist (San Diego)

About us

Voyager Space (Voyager) is a space exploration company dedicated to building a better future for humanity in space and on Earth.

Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, is an engineering-driven business focused on technology advancement for high-reliability space subsystems. Our hard-earned reputation is based on innovative, cost-effective, high-performance communications, digital, and electro-optic systems, as well as our ability to leverage commercial technologies to meet military and space requirements.

Salary Range: $ 65,000 - 80,000

Responsibilities

• Consults with existing and potential clients to assess and understand equipment needs and systems requirements.
• Drafts or assists with the drafting of presentations and other documentation and materials that explain products and services to customers.
• Provides expertise to communicate products, services, and client needs.
• Ensures that customer needs are met, which may include product modifications.
• Builds costing roll-ups for programs requiring new development or support. Prepares quotes and proposals for customers and prospects.
• Engages with customers to build a longer-term business development relationship.
• Prepares product order hand-off packages.
• Participates in weekly team meetings and other required 1:1 tag-ups.
• Opportunities to travel to customers on-site or business conferences may be available with this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or another technical discipline
• 1 or more years of experience in business development
• Comfortable working in a small, fast paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good sales and customer service skills with a proven ability to explain technical products with a desire to learn and grow within the organization.
• Ability to apply engineering, technology, or other related principles to product sales (e.g. reviewing specifications, creating compliance matrices, creating bid/no-bid packages)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Experience in Salesforce (or similar CRM tool)
• Microsoft Project experience a plus
• Experience with multiple languages to support international customers a plus.
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