Business Development Manager - U.S. Department of Energy (Quantum Error Correction)

Location: Hybrid in College Park, Maryland, US; regular travel to DOE national laboratories, customer sites, and partner meetings, likely 30–40%.

Salary: $175,000–$250,000 per year, depending on experience and relevant achievements.

Company

hirify.global develops quantum error correction technology to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing and works with quantum hardware providers and government agencies.

What you will do

• Identify, qualify, shape, and close opportunities with the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE national laboratories.
• Build relationships with DOE lab leadership, technical representatives, program managers, industry partners, and research collaborators.
• Lead capture activities, including white papers, RFIs, RFP responses, grant proposals, and customer-facing materials.
• Work with technical teams and external partners to develop solutions aligned with DOE mission priorities.
• Represent hirify.global’s quantum error correction technology and related product capabilities.
• Coordinate technical, commercial, and proposal inputs to produce persuasive, compliant submissions.

Requirements

• Technical background in quantum computing, advanced computing, physics, engineering, or a related field; an M.S. or Ph.D. is preferred, with comparable experience considered.
• Experience writing white papers, RFIs, proposals, or grant applications for U.S. government customers, ideally DOE or DOE national laboratories.
• Experience building relationships with government customers, national laboratories, research organizations, systems integrators, or industry partners.
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into compelling solutions for government programs and mission-driven customers.
• Strong clear, succinct, and persuasive writing skills.
• Must meet applicable U.S. government customer, contract, export-control, and site-access requirements; U.S. citizenship may be required for some programs or engagements.

Nice to have

• Existing relationships or prior experience with DOE, DOE national laboratories, federal research programs, or U.S. government capture processes.
• Experience in a quantum computing or advanced computing laboratory.
• Experience developing joint solutions, consortium proposals, or multi-party research programs with industry partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including an annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) contributions.
• Equity participation.
• Generous paid time off and enhanced family leave.
• Diverse environment bringing together software, hardware, quantum information theory, physics, and mathematics specialists from more than 20 nationalities.
• Learning events, training, and conference budgets.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume and covering letter explaining the application motivation and relevant skills and experience.
• Applications are reviewed as they are received, with interviews scheduled for promising matches.