Senior Technical Fellow – Manufacturing, Affordability & Cost Intelligence

Role Overview

• Serve as Galorath's senior authority in manufacturing economics, affordability engineering, cost engineering, value engineering, and design-to-cost practices.
• Advise executive leadership on emerging industry trends, market opportunities, manufacturing strategies, and technology investments.
• Provide technical leadership across commercial and government engagements involving engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, cost, schedule, and risk analysis.
• Support strategic initiatives requiring deep technical expertise and executive-level engagement.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, engineering organizations, manufacturing teams, acquisition professionals, and program executives.
• Lead development of innovative methodologies, frameworks, and approaches related to manufacturing intelligence, affordability engineering, and decision support.
• Conduct applied research in manufacturing economics, digital engineering, industrial AI, supply chain optimization, and lifecycle cost management.
• Collaborate with software and product teams to identify future capabilities and emerging market opportunities.
• Influence the strategic direction of Galorath's software portfolio, including SEER®, SEERai™, CostDB™, and related solutions.
• Identify new applications and use cases for manufacturing intelligence, cost intelligence, AI-enabled estimation, and digital engineering.
• Support executive-level discussions with government and commercial organizations.
• Mentor consultants, engineers, analysts, and solution architects.
• Develop technical training materials, knowledge bases, and educational content.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, Economics, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, industrial engineering, affordability engineering, cost engineering, supply chain analysis, or related fields.
• Demonstrated expertise in manufacturing economics, should-cost analysis, affordability engineering, value engineering, design-to-cost methodologies, or lifecycle cost analysis.
• Experience supporting complex engineering, manufacturing, acquisition, or operational programs.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to influence decisions across engineering, manufacturing, finance, supply chain, program management, and executive leadership organizations.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and strategic programs.
• Ability to travel as required to support customer engagements, industry events, and internal initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• our contributions are significantly greater than most companies throughout the country.
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company-sponsored Long Term Disability
• AFLAC Voluntary Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (dependent & healthcare)
• Paid Vacations, Holidays, and Sick Leave
• 401K Plan