Technical Business Development Specialist

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Technical Business Development Specialist to support our work at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, NM.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public‑sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Ranked by ENR as a top environmental engineering design firm, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well‑being programs to support you and your family.

Are you passionate about your work and dream of driving business development and technology strategies in innovative science and technology environments? You could be the Technical Business Development Specialist we are looking for to support Sandia’s national security initiatives. The National Security Partnerships and Business Development Department provides embedded business development support to Sandia’s mission programs to enable the development of national security programs and partnerships.

The role focuses on programmatic and technology strategy, capture planning, federal, academic and industry engagement, and other marketing and business development efforts.

• Implement stakeholder and partnership engagement strategies (DoD, NNSA and others).
• Develop and execute critical initiatives for national security programs and technologies.
• Translate technology speak into the “So What” for technology applications.
• Discover and analyze market factors and national security requirements and trends.
• Lead technology transfer initiatives to deploy national security systems.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (required).
• Advanced degree in a related field (preferred).

• Experience with business development concepts (strategy, marketing, communications, business management, engineering, international relations).
• Experience with customer engagement with federal government agencies preferred.
• Experience in strategy development and implementation preferred.
• U.S. citizenship required due to federal contract security requirements.
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client‑driven drug and background testing required.
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug‑free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

• Experience with customer engagement with federal government agencies.
• Experience in strategy development and implementation.
• Active DOE Q or Top‑Secret security clearance.
• Sandia National Lab – Albuquerque, NM.
• 2–3 year contract duration.
• Onsite position.