Senior Cost Engineer & Data Analyst

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to obtain Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Finance, Math, Operations Research, or any other related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly detail-oriented with ability to balance multiple tasks at once
• High degree of accountability and responsibility with the ability to be a self-starter
• Microsoft Office experience (Excel & PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with and understanding of one or more of the following: cost models, data collection, data analytics, systems engineering and/or finance or anything else related

Job Description

The Predictive Analytics and Cost Engineering (PACE) team is a data science and analytics team that combines technical engineering attributes and financial information to create data-driven cost estimates for program capture and support. The PACE team collects, normalizes and maps data to a standard work breakdown structure (WBS) to perform data analytics for internal and external customer support and deliverables. As part of the Finance and Business Operations (F&BO) organization, this team also works closely with Engineering and Technology (E&T), Strategy and Business Development (S&BD), Program/Proposal Management and Leads, Executive leadership and external customers.

This role will include technical data collection, executing cost models, dashboard building/automation, and communicating results to stakeholders. This role will primarily support captures and programs in the Strategic Missile and Defense (SMD) Line of Business (LOB) and may include opportunities to support other LOBs across Space. Additionally, the role may include developing affordability business cases, cost target allocation, and CI/PTW & ICE collaboration.

In This Position, You Will Understand and implement proven cost models on relevant captures. Perform cross-checks for program estimates. Develop and deploy dashboards leveraged by the team. Develop and present results to colleagues and senior staff. Coordinate with Engineering, Business Development, Program Finance, Estimating, Proposal Management, and ICE around model results. Become knowledgeable and available to answer questions around cost estimates and cost drivers. Work shoulder to shoulder with data science analysts building and enhancing tools/capabilities for efficiency and effectiveness. Have opportunities to grow/upskill in data science disciplines and technical abilities.

Desired Skills

• Active Secret security clearance desired
• Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, or Alteryx
• Experience with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• Technical degree with business acumen – able to interpret cost and technical data, recognize their interdependencies, and apply them in forecasting models
• Knowledge of financial systems, analysis, statistics, etc.
• Experience working within the defense systems industry
• Ability to communicate technically oriented material to broader team
• Familiarity with proposal development and/or the government acquisition process
• Strong team collaboration and leadership skills
• 3+ years of related experience

Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely
Onsite
Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.