2026 Associate Cost Engineer / Cost Engineer

- Support engineering economic analyses, affordability studies, and cost/performance trade studies to support architecture and design decisions (e.g., alternatives evaluation, design-to-cost, life cycle cost drivers)

- Translate system requirements, architectures, interfaces, and design concepts into cost drivers and analytical models that support informed engineering and program decisions

- Apply business acumen and programmatic context to engineering analyses to assess affordability, sustainability, and lifecycle implications of technical decisions

- Support the development of cost estimates using appropriate methods (analogous, parametric/CER-based, bottom-up), including data normalization and documentation of assumptions, ground rules, and basis-of-estimate

- Build, maintain, and improve cost models and estimating relationships; incorporate historical actuals, learning/improvement curves, and technical/production data

- Collect and synthesize cost inputs from engineering, manufacturing, subcontractors, and vendors; maintain historical cost data for reuse

- Brief results to program leadership, engineering leadership, proposal teams, and external stakeholders; tailor communication to technical and executive audiences

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure analyses are technically sound, traceable, and decision-focused

This requisition may be filled at either an Associate Cost Engineer (level 1) or Cost Engineer (level 2)

A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below

- Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution by August 2026

- Be majoring in or having majored in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics or a similar a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.

- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S.

Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start.

A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

- Be completing or has completed their Master's degree from an accredited institution by August 2026.

- Be majoring in or having majored in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics or a similar a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.

- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S.

Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start.

- Ability to clearly present and communicate ideas, concepts, and plans

- Experience with Microsoft Office, commercial CAD software, Python/Matlab/ R or other similar

- Experience performing or supporting cost-effectiveness, LCC, CAIV, DTC, CRI analyses and/or cost risk assessments across multiple lifecycle phases

- Experience with DoD Acquisition principles and guides, e.g. MIL-STD 881F, O&S CAPE Guide, DAU Guide on Systems Engineering, etc.

- Experience with the integration of aircraft systems in either development or production environments and track integration activity metrics

- Working knowledge of systems engineering artifacts (requirements, WBS, architecture trades, interfaces) and ability to connect technical decisions to cost drivers

- Understanding of aircraft development or other major platforms (ex: Spacecraft, Radar)

- Experience engaging technical SMEs to collect/interpret technical data and quantify cost impacts of new technologies

- Experience building dashboards/visualizations (Power BI/Tableau) and/or using SQL for data extraction

- Familiarity with improvement/learning curves and production touch labor modeling

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.