Cost Analyst - NASA Missions

October 22, 2024

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Cornell Technical Services, LLC is a company that specializes in providing technology and management solutions to support missions in the Aerospace, Intelligence, and Defense sectors. The company offers a range of capabilities including scientific and technical consultation, engineering and SETA services, management solutions, and software development. Cornell Technical Services supports key projects for NASA and the Department of Defense, contributing expertise in program and mission evaluations. The company is committed to fostering superior talent and offers competitive compensation packages to attract and retain skilled professionals. Additionally, Cornell Technical Services engages in community outreach through initiatives like the Paul Thompson Scholarship Fund, which supports students in aerospace engineering. With a proven track record of excellence, the company continues to drive innovation and success in missions critical to national interests.

Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance • Acquisition Management • Program/Project Management • Financial Management • Technical Services

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2007

🚀 Aerospace

🏛️ Government

📋 Description

• CTS seeks a Cost Analyst Subject Matter Expert to provide technical expertise to the Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services, and Support (EASSS) contract. • This contract supports NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and facilitates NASA’s pursuit of the most noteworthy approaches for missions, payloads, spacecraft, instruments, and research that help answer the big questions in Earth and Space science. • Located at LaRC, the NASA’s Science Office for Mission Assessments (SOMA) helps SMD select and manage missions, spacecraft, and instruments. • To accomplish this, SOMA manages and provides oversight of evaluations, assessments, and studies for SMD and other NASA organizations. • The work is performed remotely with less than 10% travel occurring periodically for some during the assignment to bring the geographically distributed teams together for workshops to finalize results. • We seek individuals who bring significant Technical, Management and Cost expertise in missions, payloads, spacecraft and instruments relevant to NASA’s mission.

🎯 Requirements

• Must have at least five (5) years of experience in estimating and analyzing space mission cost utilizing parametric models. • Must be proficient in the use of aerospace industry standard cost analysis tools. • Many cost estimating models exist, as is the case with the estimating methodologies, no single cost model can be used for all purposes. • The knowledge of some of the following tools is greatly desired: SEER (especially SEER-H), Trueplanning, Project Cost Estimating Capability (PCEC), NASA Air Force Cost Model (NAFCOM), NASA Instrument Cost Model (NICM), Technology Cost & Schedule Estimation (TCASE), Schedule Management & Relationship Tool (SMART), Phasing Model, One NASA Cost Engineering (ONCE) database, REDSTAR database, Polaris, Argo, Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACEIT), CO$TAT, Joint Analysis of Cost and Schedule (JACS), PRICE cost models.