Sales and Business Development Manager – Space and Defense

🕒 October 30

🏈 Alabama – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote

💵 $100k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Cosmic Shielding Corporation

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

🚀 Aerospace

🔧 Hardware

🏭 Manufacturing

Aerospace • Hardware • Manufacturing

Cosmic Shielding Corporation is a space-hardware company that develops and manufactures Plasteel® radiation-shielding solutions to enable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics — GPUs, NVMe storage, sensors, FPGAs, and system-on-modules — to operate reliably in high-radiation environments from LEO to deep space. Their product line includes ready-to-integrate VPX enclosures, NVMe shields, and fully custom designs built on flight-proven Plasteel technology; the company emphasizes reduced single-event effects, longer mission runtimes, and cost savings compared with traditional rad-hard systems. Plasteel has been tested at world-class facilities (HIMAC, TRIUMF) and flown on multiple SpaceX Transporter missions, and the company lists partners and customers such as NASA, CERN, and the International Space Station.

📋 Description

• Develop and close new commercial space and defense customers • Own opportunities through the full sales cycle, from initial engagement through quote, qualification, purchase order, and repeat business • Drive sample and evaluation programs toward qualification and production • Manage customer follow-up, quotes, pricing coordination, and commercial execution • Expand existing accounts and identify opportunities for additional products and programs • Build relationships with engineering, program, procurement, and business stakeholders at customer organizations • Maintain disciplined pipeline management, forecasting, CRM activity, and sales cadence • Sell Cosmic’s standardized enclosure and product-family offerings as they move into production • Support government and defense opportunities, including capture coordination and customer engagement • Work with senior leadership on larger strategic accounts, partnerships, and major capture opportunities • Represent Cosmic at customer meetings, industry events, and conferences • Provide market and customer feedback to product and engineering teams

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in aerospace, defense, space, or another relevant technical market • Experience in sales, business development, account management, or customer-facing technical work • Demonstrated ability to manage a full commercial sales cycle • Strong technical aptitude and ability to communicate effectively with engineering and program teams • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or a related field; an engineering or technical background is strongly preferred • Comfortable working with both commercial and government customers • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Highly organized and able to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously • Comfortable operating in a small, fast-moving company where responsibilities extend beyond a narrow job description • Willingness to travel for customer meetings, conferences, and industry events • Experience in spacecraft, satellite systems, electronics, radiation effects, advanced materials, aerospace manufacturing, or related markets is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-based upside • Generous medical, dental, and vision coverage on day one of employment • 15 days of PTO annually • 10 paid holidays annually + end of the year holiday shutdown • 401K with employer match up to 4% of salary • Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability • Employer-sponsored life insurance • Parental leave

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