Business Development Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. ChampionX scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Business Development Sales Engineer to drive growth and diversification of our advanced microelectronics and Multi-Chip Module (MCM) manufacturing business.
This position will focus on developing new customers, markets, and manufacturing programs, particularly within the aerospace, medical, defense, and other high-reliability electronics industries. The role combines technical knowledge with proactive business development, helping customers identify manufacturing solutions while expanding the use of our existing microelectronics, electronic assembly, and packaging capabilities into new markets.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of semiconductor packaging, MCM/SCM manufacturing, electronic assembly processes, automated manufacturing equipment, and high-reliability electronics, combined with a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, develop customer relationships, and convert those opportunities into sustainable production revenue.
Responsibilities
- Develop new business within aerospace, medical, defense, and other high-reliability electronics markets.
- Identify and pursue prospective customers and manufacturing programs that align with our MCM, SCM, microelectronics, and electronics assembly capabilities.
- Establish relationships with engineering, supply chain, procurement, program management, and other key customer decision makers.
- Develop and maintain a qualified pipeline of new business opportunities.
- Serve as the technical and commercial interface between customers and internal engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams.
- Understand customer technical, quality, qualification, volume, and commercial requirements and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Prepare quotations, proposals, technical presentations, and commercial recommendations.
- Lead customer opportunities from initial identification through RFQ, qualification, prototype, and production launch.
- Support customer audits, site visits, qualification activities, and new-product introductions.
- Work with engineering and operations to identify manufacturing or capability gaps required to address new market opportunities.
- Maintain sales forecasts, opportunity pipelines, and customer activity records.
- Monitor industry trends, competitive activity, emerging technologies, and potential target accounts.
- Represent the company at customer visits, trade shows, technical conferences, and industry events.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- An equivalent combination of relevant education and significant industry experience may be considered.
Experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in technical sales, business development, applications engineering, manufacturing engineering, or product engineering within the semiconductor, microelectronics, electronics manufacturing, or advanced packaging industries.
- Experience supporting customers utilizing Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs), Single-Chip Modules (SCMs), semiconductor packaging, hybrid microelectronics, or advanced electronic assemblies.
- Working knowledge of silicon wafers, die attach, wire bonding, flip-chip, SMT processes, and related manufacturing technologies.
- Experience with automated manufacturing technologies such as pick-and-place systems, wire bonding, assembly automation, and inspection platforms.
- Demonstrated success developing new customer relationships, generating opportunities, and growing revenue.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Business development or technical sales experience within aerospace, defense, medical devices, or high-reliability electronics.
- Established relationships with OEMs, Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers, or other organizations within targeted markets.
- Knowledge of substrate technologies, hermetic packaging, reliability testing, traceability, and high-reliability manufacturing.
- Familiarity with relevant quality and manufacturing standards such as AS9100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and MIL-STD-883, as applicable.
- Experience using CRM and sales pipeline management tools.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong technical understanding of microelectronics manufacturing and packaging.
- Strong prospecting and new-business development capabilities.
- Ability to identify markets and applications where existing manufacturing capabilities provide a competitive advantage.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to translate customer requirements into practical technical and commercial solutions.
- Strong negotiation and commercial skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with engineering, procurement, supply chain, and executive-level stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and capable of independently developing new accounts and opportunities.
- Strong organizational, pipeline-management, and project-management skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, operations, quality, finance, and sales organizations.
Travel
Travel is required to support customer development, customer meetings, site visits, trade shows, and other business development activities.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.