Staff Proposal Analyst

Northrop Grumman • Melbourne, FL

1d • $146,600 - $219,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Aeronautics Systems division is hiring a Staff Proposal Analyst to work on-site in Melbourne, Florida. The role supports a substantial increase in supplier proposal activity, including single-lot and combined-lot opportunities with values reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Accurate, timely proposal analysis is important to protecting the division’s and company’s financial integrity, supporting customer and regulatory compliance, maintaining audit readiness, and enabling negotiations.

The Staff-level analyst will serve as the team’s subject matter expert and provide technical leadership and review capacity to a team whose manager has limited bandwidth for coaching and detailed review. The analyst will act as a primary interface with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), support Price Cost Analysis for capture efforts, review complex and high-value PCARs, and help train analysts. The role also promotes consistent, complete, and compliant analyses, improves documentation and repeatability, and supports accountability in the PCAR process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of relevant professional experience; or master’s degree and 10 years; or PhD and 8 years. Experience must be in pricing, estimating, finance, data analytics, consulting, engineering economics where specified, or a comparably analytical field, and include leading analytical work on large, complex proposals.
• Ability to perform and apply cost accounting, pricing, and estimating concepts and principles.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a challenging, multitasking environment while managing multiple proposals, with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word.
• Technical and creative writing skills, including the ability to write a PCAR that clearly explains the analysis and results.
• Working knowledge of the government contracting environment, including FAR and DFARS.
• Familiarity with the concept and application of Cost Improvement Curves.
• Familiarity with aerospace production operation functions, tasks, and processes.
• Knowledge of direct and indirect rates.
• Familiarity with estimating system requirements.
• DCMA/DCAA Bill of Material and Rate Audit experience.
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last six years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring a government clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Active, in-scope Top Secret Department of Defense clearance.
• Self-starter who can independently learn calculations and formulas to enable more efficient processes.
• Ability to multitask while maintaining the quality of work products.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• In-depth background with Global Supply Chain subcontract/procurement requirements, FAR proposal adequacy, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary focal point and interface with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), responding to audit inquiries and coordinating data requests.
• Act as the primary Price Cost Analysis focal point for capture efforts, providing strategic analytical support, pricing insight, and recommendations to leadership and capture teams.
• Support reviews of complex and high-value PCARs, providing strategic oversight before manager review and approval and submission to the customer.
• Train current and future staff and develop and deliver job aids, templates, and best practices for analysts.
• Ensure team analyses align with Program, Functional, and corporate expectations, including estimating system guidance and internal controls.
• Review functional work products for completeness, accuracy, and currency, and improve analysis quality, documentation standards, and repeatability.
• Promote accountability and performance discipline in the PCAR process by ensuring commitments are met, review comments are addressed, and issues are escalated appropriately and promptly.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior