Mission focused Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC) Trade Studies (e.g., CAIV, BCAs) Design to Cost (DTC) Should Cost Cost Reduction Opportunities and Initiatives Cost Metrics Development Principal Systems Engineer - BS degree in STEM with 5 Years of related systems engineering experience; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD Advanced degree or certification in Systems Engineering or Masters in Business (Finance, Accounting, Administration, or similar) Experience with cost-effectiveness, LCC, CAIV, DTC, and/or CRI analyses Experience with modeling Life Cycle Cost for large/complex systems of systems Experience in developing cost research models and cost risks analysis for complex aerospace systems Experience in performing cost estimating activities such as cost analysis, statistical analysis, WBS development, and cost risk analysis Experience with DoD Acquisition principles and guides, e.g. MIL-STD 881E, O&S CAPE Guide, DAU Guide on Systems Engineering, etc. Working knowledge of cost parametric tools:

ACEIT, SEER from Galorath, PRICE, VBA and Unison TruePlanning Experience in Cost Data Analysis and Predictive Analytics; Tableau & Alteryx' Experience with data mining/analytics programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, or BA Excellent verbal and written communications skills across multiple levels