Staff Proposal Analyst

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 147,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Proposal Analyst for the Melbourne, FL site. You will lead pricing analyses on multi‑hundred‑million dollar proposals, interface with the DCAA, and provide strategic support to capture teams. The role emphasizes rigorous PCAR storytelling, compliance with FAR/DFARS, and mentoring junior analysts.

The position requires a DoD clearance and expertise in government contracting environments, with opportunities for annual bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years in pricing/estimating or related analytical field.
• Master’s degree plus 10 years in pricing/estimating or related analytical field.
• PhD plus 8 years in pricing/estimating or related analytical field.
• Ability to perform cost accounting, pricing and estimating concepts and principles.
• Experience meeting deadlines in multi‑proposal environments with strong analytical skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel and Word; strong writing ability for PCAR.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary interface with DCAA and coordinate data requests.
• Act as Price Cost Analysis focal for capture efforts; provide pricing insight and recommendations.
• Review complex high‑value PCARs with rigorous oversight before submission.
• Train and mentor staff; develop job aids and templates to speed learning.
• Ensure analyses align with program, functional and corporate expectations; follow estimating system rules.
• Improve analysis quality, documentation, and repeatability; ensure issues are escalated timely.
• Support accountability and performance discipline in the PCAR process; ensure commitments are met.

Skills

Cost accounting

Pricing analytics

MS Office (Excel/Word)

PCAR writing

FAR/DFARS knowledge

Estimating system knowledge

DCAA/DCMA audit experience

DoD clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

SAP

Job description

Relocation Assistance

No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Corporation Aeronautics Systems division has an opening for a Staff Proposal Analyst to be located on-site at our Melbourne, FL location. The Program is anticipating a significant surge in supplier proposal activity requiring a Staff Proposal Analyst including one single‑lot and three combined‑lot opportunities, several of which will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars in total value. Accurate and timely adjudication of these proposals is critical to protecting the financial integrity of the Division, Sector, and Company, as well as ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory expectations. Failure to staff appropriately at a senior level introduces material risk to our ability to support negotiations, uphold audit readiness, and maintain competitive yet compliant analyses.

Team Context

Currently, the team has a single Manager (Senior) responsible for day‑to‑day leadership, oversight of deliverables, and training of all analysts. Manager bandwidth is stretched extremely thin, limiting the time available for hands‑on coaching, detailed review, and proactive development of the team. Adding a Staff‑level Analyst will relieve some of this pressure by providing embedded technical leadership and review capacity, thereby improving throughput, quality, and consistency of work products.

Key Responsibilities

• Serving as the primary focal point and interface with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), including responding to audit inquiries and coordinating data requests
• Acting as the primary Price Cost Analysis focal for capture efforts, providing strategic analytical support, pricing insight, and recommendation development for leadership and capture teams
• Support in the review for complex and high‑value PCARs, adding rigorous, strategic oversight prior to manager review/approval and submittal to the customer
• Serving as an additional training point of contact (POC) for current and future staff, developing and delivering job aids, templates, and best practices to accelerate the learning curve of less experienced/new to NG analysts
• Ensuring analyses performed by the team are aligned with Program, Functional, and corporate expectations, including adherence to estimating system guidance and internal controls
• Scrutinizing functional work products for completeness, accuracy, and currency, and driving improvements to analysis quality, documentation standards, and repeatability
• Supporting the infusion of accountability and performance discipline into the PCAR process, ensuring commitments are met, review comments are addressed, and issues are escalated appropriately and timely

Basic Qualifications

• Must either have a bachelor’s degree and 12 years of professional experience in pricing, estimating, finance, data analytics, consulting, or a field with comparable analytical depth, including leading analytical work on large complex proposals
• OR master’s degree and 10 years of professional experience in pricing, estimating, finance, data analytics, consulting, engineering economics, or a field with comparable analytical depth, including leading analytical work on large, complex proposals
• OR a PhD and 8 years of professional experience in pricing, estimating, finance, data analytics, consulting, or a field with comparable analytical depth, including leading analytical work on large complex proposals
• Ability to perform and apply cost accounting, pricing and estimating concepts and principles.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a challenging, multi-tasking environment while managing multiple proposals with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel and Word Technical and creative writing skills.
• Ability to write the PCAR and tell the story of the analysis performed and the results so that the reader understands and can follow “first time”.
• Must have a working knowledge of the Government contracting environment (FAR and DFARS)
• Familiarity with the concept and application of Cost Improvement Curves.
• Must have familiarity of aerospace production operation functions, tasks, and processes
• Knowledge of Direct and Indirect Rates
• Familiar with Estimating System Requirements
• DCMA/DCAA Bill of Material and Rate Audit experience
• Must have an active DoD Secret or Top-Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)

Preferred Qualifications

• Active, in-scope Top Secret Department of Defense Clearance
• Self-starter; Ability to “self-teach” certain things such as calculations/formulas to enable a more efficient process
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining quality within the work product
• Knowledge of SAP
• Intimate background with Global Supply Chain Subcontract/Procurement requirements, FAR proposal adequacy and execution
• Primary Level Salary Range: $146,600.00 - $219,800.00

Salary and Benefits

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.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

EEO and Citizenship

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.

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Company Culture

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.