Position Title: Senior Cost Analyst / Estimator – Space Acquisition
Location: El Segundo, CA
Category: Contingent
Schedule (FT/PT): Full-Time
Travel Required: Up to 10%
Shift: Day
Remote Type: Onsite
Clearance required: Active Secret required; TS/SCI preferred
Division: Air and Space
Salary: $125,000 - $170,000 annually
Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!
***THIS POSITON IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***
Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking a Senior Cost Analyst / Estimator to support U.S. Space Force and Space Systems Command acquisition programs. The position provides cost-estimating, affordability, financial-analysis, and acquisition decision support for complex space systems and portfolios.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, update, and evaluate program and life-cycle cost estimates supporting space acquisition programs.
- Conduct cost research, data normalization, trend analysis, and development of cost-estimating relationships and models.
- Analyze program technical, schedule, risk, and financial information to assess cost impacts and affordability.
- Prepare cost assessments, independent analyses, executive briefings, and decision-support products.
- Support acquisition planning, milestone reviews, budget/POM activities, program reviews, and funding decisions.
- Coordinate cost-estimating inputs with program management, engineering, contracting, financial management, and other functional stakeholders.
- Identify cost risks, assumptions, data limitations, and potential mitigation approaches.
- Maintain supporting cost data, documentation, models, and traceability for Government review.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, Business, or a related quantitative discipline.
- 8+ years of DoD cost-estimating, cost-analysis, financial-analysis, or closely related acquisition experience; 10+ years preferred for senior-level placement.
- Experience developing life-cycle cost estimates and supporting major defense or space acquisition programs.
- Strong quantitative, analytical, modeling, documentation, and presentation skills.
- Experience with ACEIT or comparable cost-estimating tools and advanced Microsoft Excel strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of DoD acquisition, PPBE, affordability, risk, and milestone-review processes.
- S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, Air Force, or former SMC space acquisition experience strongly preferred.
- Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred.
- US. Citizenship required.
Benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Company Paid Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401K with employer match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Military Leave
- Education, Training & Professional Development
- Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
- Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
- If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
- If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.