Senior Cost Estimator

at GE Aerospace in Boise, Idaho, United States

Job Description Summary

Join a team where your expertise directly influences winning strategies, customer trust, and the future of GE Aerospaces Defense Engines and Services business.

As a Senior Product Cost Estimator, you will play a highly visible role in shaping competitive, compliant, and high-quality cost estimates for U.S. government customers. In this role, you wont just build estimates-youll help drive strategic decisions, improve forecasting confidence, influence cross-functional execution, and strengthen how we deliver for our customers.

Job Description

This is an opportunity for an experienced professional to expand their impact across finance, engineering, supply chain, and program management , while building deep expertise in defense programs, government proposal activity, and cost analytics. Youll work on meaningful, complex challenges with direct exposure to internal leaders and external customers, including the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, DCMA , and DCAA .

If you are motivated by solving tough business problems, influencing decisions, improving processes, and seeing your work translate into customer outcomes, this role offers both challenge and career growth.

Why This Role Stands Out

This role is ideal for someone who wants to move beyond transactional estimating work and become a trusted business partner in a complex defense environment. Youll have the chance to combine financial rigor, customer focus, process improvement, and strategic thinking in a role where your contributions are visible and valued.

What Youll Gain

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

+ Influence high-impact business decisions across GE Aerospace Defense Engines and Services programs

+ Gain broad cross-functional exposure by partnering with engineering, supply chain, finance, and program management

+ Build deeper expertise in government contracting and defense proposals , including the full RFP lifecycle

+ Strengthen executive-level business acumen through risk identification, deal analysis, and cost-based decision support

+ Lead process improvement and simplification efforts using lean principles

+ Develop customer-facing experience with major U.S. defense stakeholders and audit agencies

+ Grow your visibility as a strategic contributor in a role that combines analytics, collaboration, and ownership

Key Responsibilities

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