Senior Engineering Cost Account Manager

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage cost accounts, monitor budgets, and take full accountability for cost and schedule compliance.
• Analyze weekly cost and schedule variances, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate Estimates at Completion (EAC) based on actual engineering progress and remaining work.
• Partner with schedulers to maintain a realistic, logic-driven Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Translate Agile engineering metrics (sprints, velocity) into traditional milestone tracking.
• Forecast engineering staffing needs to ensure the team can meet upcoming deliverables.
• Support travel or off-site work, as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent relevant experience).
• Minimum of 6 years of professional engineering and development experience within the aerospace and defense industry.
• Prior experience serving as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) or working intimately within an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) framework.
• Solid understanding of the full hardware and software development lifecycle, hardware/software integration, and Agile methodologies.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills with a proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams or serving as a technical lead/product owner.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist/Scrum Master, or equivalent Agile certification.
• Project Management Professional (PMP).

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $95,000 - $178,000

Please Note: Actual compensation offered will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, internal equity, business considerations, and geographic location where applicable.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic life with AD&D
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
• Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
• Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)