Senior Cost Engineer & Data Analyst

Lockheed Martin•Orlando, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you. 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. The candidate selected will be asked to ingest data into a variety of models, interpret those results, perform decision analysis, and communicate findings with technical/programmatic colleagues and decision makers.

Requirements

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 (Ex- 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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.