Lead, Systems Engineer (Cost Engineering/Cost Modeling) - Secret Clearance

L3HHCM20•Palm Bay, FL

1d•$110,500 - $236,500•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Space and Mission Systems (SMS) is seeking a Cost Engineer to join the Cost Engineering and Analytics Department (CEAD; within the Systems Engineering organization). You will develop Parametric Cost Models (PCMs) to deliver comprehensive cost estimates with significant software development content and enable parametric bidding in our various business units. CEAD’s mission is to provide robust, efficient cost engineering and analytics to key decision makers throughout the opportunity and program life-cycle. CEAD’s vision is to become a world class, centralized cost engineering and analytics organization supporting L3Harris SMS growth to become a top tier Prime exemplified by fully collaborative and cross-segment alignment with respect to parametric cost estimating. As a member of the CEAD Cost Modeling Team, you will have the responsibility to support cost estimating activities aligned with SMS growth strategies in all business areas, understand their products, and work within our parametric modeling framework to deliver tracible and reliable comparison estimates and future parametric bids. This position may be based at any L3Harris SMS location. Occasional travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in Engineering or related field) and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience in cost estimating. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Active Secret Security Clearance or higher
Professional experience working with and conforming to security and compliance regulations
Professional experience working with TruePlanning® cost estimating software

Nice To Haves

Strong project/capture management skills
Proposal cost volume preparation experience
MILSTD-881 WBS Descriptions and product-based estimating experience
Experience developing defense industry products with similar programmatic and technical characteristics as SMS offerings, especially military displays, electronic warfare, or ground application software development.
Ability to provide/accept constructive feedback to/from peers
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Data analytics including use of PowerBI, Excel with PowerQuery, Tableau, or equivalent
Desire to train and mentor others
Passion for organizing ambiguity, self-motivated, self-starter

Responsibilities

Adhering to CEAD processes and procedures, working with pursuit and program teams to implement the Parametric Cost Modeling framework process to estimate product costs, analyze results and provide support to the Business Acquisition Process (BAP) and Integrated Product Lifecycle (IPL) Execution Phases;
Gaining an understanding of the pursuit or program, preparing and conducting the PCM kick-off meeting, gathering model information;
Generating and translating proposed architecture to the TruePlanning® (parametric modeling) architecture, Product Breakdown Structure (PBS), including establishing all project and cost object parameters, and providing the cost estimate results;
Mapping the TruePlanning® architecture into a standard WBS;
Ensure the pursuit or program team is trained to interpret the PCM inputs and outputs as well as understanding the underlying assumptions in the model;
Support program Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables such as cost models and technical datasheets
Substantiate results based on best practices and data driven conclusions.