Engineering Economics & Cost Analytics Lead Engineer

• Serve as Capability Area Lead for the Cost Engineering section within EEMS
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and stewardship across the department
• Lead cost engineering and economic analyses, including LCCEs, ICEs, IGCEs, affordability and cost-risk assessments, cost realism and should-cost analyses, source selections, proposal evaluations, acquisition studies, investment studies, and business-case studies
• Provide independent, data-driven advice to government customers and program offices
• Translate complex analyses into insights supporting acquisition, program, investment, pricing, and business decisions
• Advance cost engineering methodologies, models, tools, data practices, standards, and peer-review processes
• Lead and mentor staff and support knowledge transfer
• Collaborate with Schedule Engineering, Operations Research and Management Sciences, and Acquisition Engineering Research sections
• Identify customer needs, develop technical approaches and scopes of work, strengthen relationships, and create cross-capability opportunities
• Support business development and capture through proposals, statements of work, technical volumes, pricing strategies, and customer engagements
• Represent and advance the Cost Engineering profession through thought leadership, research, professional engagement, and collaboration with government, industry, and academia

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, operations research, economics, or a related technical field
• 12+ years of relevant cost engineering and economic analysis experience
• Experience leading technical teams and major cost engineering efforts, including cost estimates, economic assessments, business cases, and analytical models
• Experience applying cost engineering and economic analysis to space, ground, launch, or related systems in government and/or commercial environments
• Experience supporting program planning, investment and affordability decisions, pricing, proposals, and business-case development
• Experience with SEER, True Planning, ACEIT, Crystal Ball, and established cost-estimating methodologies
• Current DoD TS or TS/SCI clearance
• Willingness to travel domestically up to 10%
• Collaborative technical leadership style that fosters technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and professional growth

Demonstrates expertise in cost engineering methodologies, economic analysis, and technical leadership, with a strong focus on data-driven decision-making and collaboration across engineering disciplines. Proven ability to mentor teams and advance cost engineering practices in government and commercial environments.

• Cost Engineering Leadership
• Economic Analysis Expertise
• Technical Team Management
• Cost Estimating Methodologies
• DoD TS/TS-SCI Clearance

• Cost Analysis
• Economic Assessments
• Business Case Development
• Cost Risk Assessment
• Proposal Evaluation
• LCCEs
• ICEs
• IGCEs
• Analytical Models
• Affordability Analysis

• Collaborative Leadership
• Knowledge Sharing
• Relationship Building
• Mentoring

• DoD TS/TS-SCI Clearance

• Cost Engineering
• Acquisition Studies
• Investment Studies
• Business-Case Studies
• Government Contracting
• Space Systems
• Launch Systems

• SEER
• True Planning
• ACEIT
• Crystal Ball