Hiring: Director, Business Development (Advanced Energy) Company: Avalanche Energy Location: Tukwila, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 14:49:03 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : R About the job Experience: •15+ years’ experience in business development and capture/proposal management with referenceable success winning $10M+ DOE (and other federal) prime RDT&E grants, contracts, and agreements. Required Skills: •This position reports to the Director of Strategy and will work closely with executive, technical, legal, finance, regulatory, compliance, and operations leadership to align business development priorities with RDT&E, commercialization, and growth objectives. •Federal Capture (DOE/NNSA-first, broader federal as needed) •Own a 12–24-month federal contracts pipeline from opportunity shaping → proposal process → award execution handoff. •Produce presentations, white papers, technical proposals, and agency responses. •Lead capture operations from opportunity qualification and bid/no-bid through capture planning and solution development. •Organize and lead cross-functional proposal teams to secure non-traditional and FAR-based prime and sub-contracts/agreements that accelerate technical milestones (e.g., neutron source development, isotope production pathway, and fusion power system maturation) and eventually long-term production and procurement contracts. •Negotiate teaming agreements, subcontracts, and awards, with attention to pricing, cost share, IP and technical data rights, flow-downs, security, and transition rights. •Translate complex science into compelling, fundable value propositions for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Qualifications: •Deep experience spanning DOE, national labs, and industry—including a strong network and demonstrated ability to navigate the DOE and funding processes and lab partnership mechanisms. •Proven history of successfully negotiating and closing multi-million dollar, high-risk, long-term contracts involving government regulation, complex financing structures, and highly technical products/services. •In-depth knowledge of the FAR, federal contract vehicles and types, and the various grants and agreements used by the DOE, such as partnership intermediary agreements, cooperative agreements, other transaction agreements, consortium agreements, etc. •Understanding of the federal regulatory landscape for fusion or nuclear and its related processes, including newly emergent, fusion-specific regulations. •Startup “builder” mindset: comfortable wearing many hats and driving outcomes in ambiguous, resource-constrained environments. •Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, or a related technical field. MBA or advanced technical degree is strongly preferred. •Demonstrated capacity to obtain and hold a DoW TS/SCI or DOE Q clearance. •Direct experience with fusion, nuclear, neutron sources, isotopes, radiation-relevant programs, or adjacent deep-tech hardware commercialization and deployment. •Direct experience with commercializing or deploying complex capital projects. •Business development experience with the DoW and major defense primes. Compensation: •$170,000 - $250,000 / year •Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits •15+ years’ experience in business development and capture/proposal management with referenceable success winning $10M+ DOE (and other federal) prime RDT&E grants, contracts, and agreements. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!