Senior Estimator - Top Secret/SCI required

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

2d•$124,476 - $174,265•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. Join Blue Origin's proposal pricing team and help shape the cost strategy behind the next generation of spaceflight. You'll develop, document, and defend cost estimates for programs spanning liquid rocket propulsion, suborbital and orbital launch, lunar landing services, and in-space applications. You'll work directly with engineering, program management, supply chain, finance, and capture leaders to build competitive, compliant proposals for commercial and government customers. Your work will directly influence which opportunities we pursue, how we price them, and how we win the business that funds our vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. This role suits an experienced estimator who enjoys variety, from a fast-turn commercial quote to a large multi-volume government proposal, and who wants to help build and improve the estimating practices of a fast-growing company. If working outside of the Kent/Renton office, it will require regular travel to the Seattle area.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, engineering, or a related field
10+ of cost estimating or proposal pricing experience in aerospace, defense, or another complex government contracting environment
Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, NFS, CAS, and TINA, and of preparing compliant cost or price volumes
Experience writing BOEs and developing bottoms-up, parametric, and analogous estimates
Ability to read and interpret RFPs, SOWs, and cost-related customer documents
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including building and interpreting complex, multi-tab models
Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain and defend an estimate to technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to build trusted relationships across disciplines and contribute to an inclusive team culture

Nice To Haves

Experience in aerospace, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or propulsion programs
Experience with parametric estimating tools (e.g., PRICE, SEER) and pricing or ERP systems (e.g., Deltek, SAP, Oracle)
Experience building estimating, pricing, or cost management models
Familiarity with NASA, Space Force, or other national security space procurements
APMP, ICEAA (CCEA/CEBP), or similar certification
Experience mentoring others or leading process improvement initiatives

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver estimates
Build, review, and present cost estimates and price volumes that comply with internal policies and external requirements (FAR, DFARS, NFS, CAS, and customer-specific RFP instructions)
Write clear, defensible Basis of Estimate (BOE) narratives that document estimating approaches, assumptions, and rationale
Develop estimates for Internal Research & Development (IR&D) efforts
Manage multiple estimating efforts at once, across varying levels of scope definition, complexity, and dollar value
Support the proposal lifecycle
Partner with capture, technical, program, supply chain, and finance teams from RFP release through submission, negotiation, and award
Interpret RFPs, SOWs, and customer cost documents, and translate them into estimating plans and data requests
Contribute to pricing strategy, should-cost analysis, and risk and opportunity assessments
Support commercial and government customers across Blue Origin's product lines: liquid rocket propulsion, suborbital launch, orbital launch, lunar landing services, and in-space applications
Build the function
Identify and lead improvements to estimating tools, templates, data, and processes
Help build and maintain estimating models, rate structures, and historical databases
Mentor and develop less-experienced estimators and pricing analysts