Detroit Arsenal Liaison Officer (DTA LNO) - PM PNT Integration Support

Credence•Warren, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With more than 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI & data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver on a scale and with purpose. We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for six consecutive years and named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming environment for those looking to grow and make a meaningful impact. We encourage employees to push boundaries and help solve critical, world-changing federal challenges. Credence has an immediate need for a Detroit Arsenal Liaison Officer (DTA LNO) to serve as the onsite representative for Project Manager Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PM PNT), providing integration support across the Detroit Arsenal enterprise. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the DTA LNO builds and maintains collaborative relationships with host-platform program offices, local prototyping facilities, technical teams, and senior leaders. The position is focused on accelerating capability fielding, reducing integration costs, identifying emerging risks, and resolving technical, schedule, funding, organizational, and process-related friction. The successful candidate will be a proactive relationship-builder who can represent PM PNT’s priorities, navigate complex acquisition and integration environments, and identify issues before they affect program cost, schedule, or performance.

Requirements

Experience supporting Department of Defense acquisition, systems integration, platform integration, engineering, testing, production, or program-management activities
Ability to represent a government program office in meetings with technical, acquisition, programmatic, and senior-leadership stakeholders
Experience identifying and communicating cost, schedule, technical, funding, and organizational risks
Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a complex, mission-focused environment
Strong stakeholder-engagement, relationship-management, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
Ability to understand technical and programmatic information and communicate it clearly to both working-level personnel and senior leaders
Experience coordinating activities across multiple program offices, organizations, or functional disciplines
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability and willingness to work onsite at Detroit Arsenal on a near-full-time basis

Nice To Haves

Previous experience supporting PM PNT or another Army program executive office or project-management organization.
Familiarity with Army ground-vehicle platforms, PNT capabilities, platform integration, A-Kit development, prototype production, or fielding activities.
Experience participating in Configuration Control Boards, technical working groups, integration meetings, test events, or prototype reviews.
Knowledge of MAPS, DME, NorthStar, CMFF, or related PNT technologies and integration initiatives.
Experience working within the Detroit Arsenal acquisition, engineering, testing, or prototyping environment.
Familiarity with non-recurring engineering cost drivers and integration-process improvement.
Experience briefing O-5/O-6-level military leaders, government executives, or senior program officials.

Responsibilities

Represent PM PNT at applicable host-platform Configuration Control Boards, working groups, technical interchange meetings, integration meetings, and recurring program synchronization events
Communicate PM PNT’s technical, cost, schedule, and integration priorities to host-platform stakeholders
Maintain awareness of host-platform decisions and activities that could affect current or future PNT integrations
Ensure relevant decisions, risks, action items, and stakeholder concerns are communicated promptly to PM PNT leadership
Maintain direct onsite visibility into A-Kit orders, prototype builds, production activity, and delivery schedules at the Detroit Arsenal Prototype Integration Facility
Monitor prototype and production progress to identify emerging technical, material, scheduling, or coordination issues
Engage directly with facility personnel, engineering teams, and program stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve discrepancies
Provide PM PNT leadership with timely, accurate updates regarding build status, delivery projections, constraints, and dependencies
Serve as PM PNT’s onsite representative during applicable testing activities and PNT equipment installations
Observe testing and installation activities to identify technical issues, integration challenges, schedule impacts, and areas requiring additional coordination
Facilitate communication among PM PNT, host-platform offices, test organizations, engineering teams, and installation personnel
Track testing and installation issues through resolution and ensure that appropriate PM PNT stakeholders remain informed
Identify unreported or emerging schedule delays, funding changes, technical risks, resource constraints, and stakeholder concerns before they reach formal reporting channels
Evaluate the potential effect of identified risks on program cost, schedule, technical performance, and fielding objectives
Provide clear, concise, and actionable risk information to PM PNT leadership
Recommend appropriate mitigation strategies, leadership engagement, or follow-up actions
Assess host-platform workflows, approval processes, integration activities, and coordination practices
Identify process inefficiencies, unnecessary handoffs, duplicative efforts, and avoidable delays
Develop targeted recommendations to reduce non-recurring engineering costs, improve coordination, shorten integration timelines, and accelerate capability delivery
Support implementation and evaluation of approved process improvements
Recognize situations in which unresolved friction or program risk requires O-5/O-6-level engagement
Coordinate face-to-face discussions between CR PNT and host-platform leadership when senior-level intervention is appropriate
Prepare leadership for engagements by clearly summarizing the issue, stakeholder positions, program impacts, and desired outcome
Track decisions and action items resulting from leadership engagements
Develop a strong understanding of the internal dynamics, priorities, concerns, decision-making processes, and attitudes within host-program offices
Identify key stakeholders, influencers, decision-makers, and potential barriers to successful integration
Provide PM PNT leadership with objective, professionally presented assessments of the local stakeholder environment
Use organizational awareness to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and anticipate challenges
Proactively resolve routine discrepancies, interpersonal conflicts, competing priorities, and administrative or bureaucratic obstacles
Build trusted working relationships across program offices, engineering organizations, test teams, production facilities, and leadership groups
Facilitate productive communication among stakeholders with differing technical, organizational, or programmatic priorities
Elevate issues when they cannot be resolved at the working level or present a material risk to the program
Serve as a knowledgeable and credible advocate for PM PNT’s mission, priorities, requirements, and integration strategy
Protect established cost and schedule baselines across current integrations, including MAPS and DME
Support planning and stakeholder alignment for future integrations, including NorthStar and CMFF
Ensure that PM PNT’s requirements and operational objectives are accurately understood and appropriately considered during host-platform decisions