Senior Sales Engineering Lead - Space & Aerospace
$100,000–$140,000 year
On-siteSeattle, Washington, United States or Houston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Develop and execute growth strategies for priority space, aerospace, satellite, and defense accounts, managing opportunities from early design engagement through qualification and commercial conversion. Lead consultative technical discussions to understand application requirements and position advanced thin-film technologies across spacecraft thermal management, flexible circuits, and avionics. Translate customer requirements into product-development priorities by partnering with R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing through prototyping and testing. Monitor market and competitive trends to inform product, pricing, and investment decisions while representing the company in strategic industry forums. Requires 5+ years in technical sales or aerospace engineering with 40–60% travel throughout North America.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical sales, applications engineering, business development, aerospace engineering, advanced materials, satellite systems, or a related field
- Demonstrated success selling technically complex or highly engineered solutions into aerospace, defense, satellite, electronics, or advanced-manufacturing organizations
- Experience managing long-cycle, qualification-driven opportunities from early technical engagement and specification through production adoption
- Working knowledge of relevant technologies such as aerospace materials, thermal-management systems, spacecraft or satellite hardware, flexible circuits, electronics packaging, composites, or high-reliability manufacturing
- Strong consultative selling, relationship management, communication, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to translate technical customer requirements into compelling commercial solutions
- 40–60% travel throughout North America to support customer visits, technical and qualification reviews, strategic account meetings, and industry events
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline
Desired Qualifications
- advanced technical degree or MBA preferred
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