Business Development Manager, Simulation & Software Solutions
Houston Full-time Manager Business Development
At a glance
Mid-level Business Development role at METECS. Houston · full-time.
Pay not stated
RoleBusiness Development
SeniorityManager
LocationHouston
EmploymentFull-time
PostedAug 20, 2026 · 5w ago
Role brief
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Build and manage a new-business pipeline across energy, agriculture, and construction
- Present METECS services and make complex technical ideas clear to non-technical audiences
- Explore customer needs, then help engineers shape a fitting solution
- Coordinate requirements, subject-matter experts, and proposal writing for assigned bids
- Represent METECS at conferences and trade shows while maintaining existing accounts
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field
- Experience in sales or business development with signed business resulting from relationship building
- Experience explaining complex concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
- Curiosity about simulation, digital twins, or immersive technology, plus patience to understand customer needs
- Citizenship or lawful permanent residency is required
Who this fits
This role suits a relationship-focused business developer who can enter energy, agriculture, or construction settings and discuss technical solutions fluently. You’ll work across customers, engineers, subject-matter experts, and leadership, with conferences and trade shows part of the role. Experience selling into the named industries, familiarity with VR or simulation, and networks in industrial training, safety, or operations technology are useful advantages.
From the employer
We are looking for a sharp, friendly business development manager to assist our company in expanding our customer base.
We build custom simulation, software and training systems for companies that can’t find an off-the-shelf answer. Your job is to find those customers and understand their problem to bring the right solution. We need someone who can enter an energy, agriculture, or construction company and speak fluently about what those tools can do for them.
This is a relationship driven role for someone who's genuinely curious about how technology can solve real problems, not just reciting a script.
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Citizenship or lawful permanent residency required.
About METECS:
We are a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. We develop and integrate custom software for NASA and other government and commercial customers utilizing a wide variety of in-house, commercial, and open-source technologies. Our specialties include robotics automation, embedded systems, hardware/software integration, multibody dynamics simulations, immersive computer graphics, XR systems and advanced web-based tools.
METECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
We build custom simulation, software and training systems for companies that can’t find an off-the-shelf answer. Your job is to find those customers and understand their problem to bring the right solution. We need someone who can enter an energy, agriculture, or construction company and speak fluently about what those tools can do for them.
This is a relationship driven role for someone who's genuinely curious about how technology can solve real problems, not just reciting a script.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a pipeline of new commercial business across energy, agriculture, and construction.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to explain our services.
- Sit down with customers to understand their needs, then work with our engineers to shape a solution that fits.
- Own your piece of the proposal process: gathering requirements, coordinating with internal subject matter experts, proposal writing.
- Represent METECS at industry conferences and trade shows.
- Maintain relationships with existing customers.
- Report on pipeline, forecasts, and strategy to leadership.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, plus experience in sales or business development.
- A track record of building relationships that turned into signed business, ideally in technical or professional services markets.
- Comfort presenting to non-technical audiences and translating complex concepts into something anyone can follow.
- Genuine curiosity about simulation, digital twins, or immersive technology, and the patience to sit with a customer until you actually understand what they need.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience selling into agriculture, energy, or construction industries.
- Familiarity with VR, simulation, application development, data.
- Existing network in industrial training, safety, or operations technology.
Citizenship or lawful permanent residency required.
About METECS:
We are a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. We develop and integrate custom software for NASA and other government and commercial customers utilizing a wide variety of in-house, commercial, and open-source technologies. Our specialties include robotics automation, embedded systems, hardware/software integration, multibody dynamics simulations, immersive computer graphics, XR systems and advanced web-based tools.
METECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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