Business Development Engineer

Electronic Careers; Alaska; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Aerospace seeks a Remote Business Development Engineer to drive strategic growth from a home office. You will identify and secure new opportunities, engage with customers and distributors, and convert leads into tailored Amphenol solutions.

The role blends engineering acumen with commercial strategy, requiring strong collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Engineering to expand market reach and secure early design wins.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Engineering or equivalent required.
• Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, marketing and sales teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Engage potential customers and distribution partners in technical discussions to uncover opportunities.
• Collaborate with OEM sales and distributors to align strategies and enable design wins.
• Provide regular pipeline, market and channel performance updates to leadership.
• Work with Product Marketing, Sales and Engineering to translate leads into tailored solutions.
• Build and maintain credible relationships with client stakeholders and partners.
• Analyze market trends to identify untapped sectors and growth opportunities.
• Understand manufacturing capabilities to guide client solutions and meet requirements.
• Interpret customer drawings and 3D files to assess feasibility and value.
• Communicate design advantages and create conceptual models for partners and internal teams.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Strategic thinking

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

CAD

Pro/E (Creo)

Job description

Business Development Engineer (Remote)

The Role

We are seeking a remote Business Development Engineer to operate from a home office, driving strategic growth by identifying and securing new business opportunities. This role blends deep technical expertise with commercial strategy to expand our market footprint. The Business Development Engineer will engage directly with potential customers and our distribution channels to position Amphenol products for early-stage design wins.

• Market Development: Engage potential customers and distribution channel partners in technical discussions to uncover and qualify new business opportunities.
• Channel Collaboration: Partner closely with the OEM sales team and franchised distributors to align sales strategies, provide technical enablement, and maximize market reach.
• Performance Tracking: Provide regular reports and updates as required to keep leadership informed of pipeline health, channel performance, and growth metrics.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product Marketing, Sales, and Engineering teams to rapidly convert qualified leads into tailored product design solutions.
• Relationship Management: Build and maintain responsive, technically credible relationships with key client customer stakeholders and channel partners.
• Market Intelligence: Perform data analytics, market research, and technology trend tracking to identify untapped market sectors.
• Manufacturing Capability Integration: Maintain a general understanding of internal and vendor manufacturing capabilities to appropriately guide client solutions.
• Requirements Gathering: Define and provide initial inputs for product manufacturing and testing requirements based on customer needs.
• Technical Compliance: Interface with customers, channel partners, and vendors to ensure strict conformance to custom application requirements.
• Design Interpretation: Interpret customer and internal drawings or 3D files to assess application feasibility.
• Conceptual Modeling: Communicate technical design advantages and conceptual models to external partners and internal manufacturing teams.

The Person

The key skills and qualities of a Business Development Engineer at Amphenol Aerospace:

• Education: B.S. degree in Engineering; Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Technical Tools: Ability to leverage CAD and ProE applications to interpret, evaluate, and redline designs to meet specific customer requirements.
• Collaboration: Strong aptitude for working across internal and external cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, and commercial teams.
• Communication: Proven ability to translate complex design advantages into compelling business value for customers and channel partners, while accurately relaying market needs back to internal teams.
• Mobility: Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally or as required to cultivate customer and distributor relationships.