Junior Business Development Representative

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company building autonomous tools for computer-aided design. As an early sales hire, you will lead top-of-funnel outreach to manufacturing and hardware businesses and help prepare the team for its first product launch.

What You'll Do

• Build and research target account lists of machine shops, manufacturers, and hardware companies.

• Write and send personalized outbound emails to start conversations with potential customers.

• Hand qualified conversations to the product and engineering team for demonstrations.

• Meet regularly with the product team to stay current on features and refine outreach messaging.

• Keep CRM records accurate and test messaging to learn what earns responses.

What We're Looking For

• A new graduate or upcoming graduate, with 0 to 2 years of BDR or SDR experience; prior professional sales experience is not required.

• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to create concise, specific, personalized outreach.

• Persistence, resilience, resourcefulness, and comfort working in an ambiguous environment with frequent rejection.

• Curiosity about manufacturing and physical products; exposure through internships, engineering projects, machining, robotics, or similar experience is valuable.

• Familiarity with outbound tools such as Apollo, Clay, Outreach, HubSpot, Salesforce, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator is helpful.

• Startup experience, notable achievements, or student-athlete experience are also relevant.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $70,000 annually. Equity is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week.