Senior Principal Should Cost Engineer (Remote)

Overview

Lead should-cost modeling and benchmarking for complex assemblies and parts across aircraft, defense products and subsystems, giving the sourcing team cost transparency for supplier negotiations.

What you'll do

• Lead cost modeling and benchmarking activities spanning complex assemblies and parts.
• Utilize aPriori significantly, along with home-grown regression models and models still to be developed.
• Perform should-cost modeling for all commodities, including supplier-designed equipment, electronics, composites and other difficult should-costing commodities.
• Translate engineering drawings and models into costed elements (material, labor, overhead, tooling, logistics).
• Develop and maintain cost roll-ups and drivers at appropriate levels of granularity to support negotiations.
• Create assumptions and cost driver logic.
• Use historical data to create forward-looking models when should-costing software is not available.
• Validate and calibrate models at appropriate intervals.
• Train new users of software or models and help upgrade standard work.
• Conduct should-cost assessments on parts using aPriori.

What you'll need

• Typically a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience, or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Costing or design-to-cost experience.
• Experience with should-cost tools.

Nice to have

• Programming experience (VB, SQL, Python).
• Experience in aerospace/defense procurement or engineering.
• Experience with big data sets or data analytics.

Details

• Remote role, working primarily offsite (from home); a degree of onsite presence may be discussed by the manager if you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site.
• Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in person at an RTX office.
• Occasional minimal travel with Supply Chain managers.
• U.S. citizenship required; no security clearance required.
• U.S.-based role; if residing in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits apply.
• Salary range 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.