Cost Estimator, Analyst

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🔥 14 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $165k - $205k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🧐 Analyst

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INNOVIM

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2002

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

INNOVIM is a science- and technology-driven firm that transforms environmental and scientific data into decision-ready intelligence for federal and defense missions. The company combines environmental science, data engineering, AI/ML analytics, systems engineering, and secure cloud architectures to build enterprise mission-critical information systems, sensing and IoT platforms, and weather, water, and climate decision-support tools. INNOVIM supports national security, space-based operations, and federal agencies by delivering secure, scalable solutions that enable faster, more confident operational and strategic decisions.

📋 Description

• Serve as the operational cost method authority on a federal applied research program • Adjudicate analogs, estimating relationships, normalization decisions, and interpretations of analytical results • Approve estimating methods and validation results before release as analytical products • Mentor and integrate with weapon system cost estimators and analysts on the team and across the customer organization • Develop cost model architectures, estimating methods, benchmarks, and templates for life-cycle cost estimates, independent cost estimates, and service cost positions • Lead development of new cost-estimating methodologies, including approaches that optimize data collection parameters • Collect and normalize cost, technical, and programmatic data from government sources • Apply documented cost risk and uncertainty practices, including probabilistic methods and correlated cost and schedule drivers

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum fifteen years of cost analysis experience • Recognized expertise in Air Force weapon systems • Mastery of system-specific programmatic and technical cost drivers across acquisition and operating and support life-cycle phases • Recognized expertise producing life-cycle cost estimates for defense weapon systems • Mastery of deriving statistical predictions of cost and schedule from historical data • Experience developing integrated cost and schedule estimates • Proven ability to develop new cost-estimating methodologies • Extensive knowledge of the Defense Cost and Resource Center data collection process • Deep experience using and analyzing cost and software data reports and integrated program management reports or contract performance reports • Extensive knowledge of operating and support cost systems, including Air Force Total Ownership Cost and equivalent systems in other services • Mastery of data analysis and developing advanced cost-estimating methods and tools • Proven ability to lead and mentor cost research project teams • Active Secret clearance required at hire • United States citizenship required • Top Secret with SCI eligibility strongly preferred • Prior service at a service cost agency, financial management directorate, major command, or systems center preferred • Direct experience presenting and defending estimates to a cost review board or equivalent oversight body preferred • Professional certification from a recognized cost estimating body preferred • Depth in one or more commodities preferred: aircraft, space and launch, tactical missiles, ballistic missiles, software, or operating and support

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs • Life insurance • Matching 401k contribution • Educational/Training support • Competitive compensation package