Detroit Arsenal Liaison Officer

Employment: Full-time Experience: Mid-Senior level Education: Bachelor's Degree 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 to serve as the onsite representative, providing integration support across the Detroit Arsenal enterprise. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Detroit Arsenal Liaison Officer 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 priorities, navigate complex acquisition and integration environments, and identify issues before they affect program cost, schedule, or performance. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to Host-Platform Representation Represent at applicable host-platform Configuration Control Boards, working groups, technical interchange meetings, integration meetings, and recurring program synchronization events Communicate technical, cost, schedule, and integration priorities to host-platform stakeholders Maintain awareness of host-platform decisions and activities that could affect current or future integrations Ensure relevant decisions, risks, action items, and stakeholder concerns are communicated promptly to leadership Prototype and Production Monitoring 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 leadership with timely, accurate updates regarding build status, delivery projections, constraints, and dependencies Testing and Installation Support Serve as onsite representative during applicable testing activities and equipment installations Observe testing and installation activities to identify technical issues, integration challenges, schedule impacts, and areas requiring additional coordination Facilitate communication among host-platform offices, test organizations, engineering teams, and installation personnel Track testing and installation issues through resolution and ensure that appropriate stakeholders remain informed Early Risk Identification and Reporting 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 leadership Recommend appropriate mitigation strategies, leadership engagement, or follow-up actions Process Improvement and Cost Reduction 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 Leadership Engagement Recognize situations in which unresolved friction or program risk requires O-5/O-6-level engagement 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 Organizational and Stakeholder Assessment Develop a strong understanding of the internal dynamics, priorities, concerns, decision-making processes, and attitudes within host-program offices Identify key stakeholders, influencers, decisionmakers, and potential barriers to successful integration Provide leadership with objective, professionally presented assessments of the local stakeholder environment Use organizational awareness to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and anticipate challenges Issue Resolution and Relationship Management 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 Advocacy Serve as a knowledgeable and credible advocate for 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 requirements and operational objectives are accurately understood and appropriately considered during host-platform decisions 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 Preferred Qualifications Previous experience supporting another Army program executive office or project-management organization. Familiarity with Army ground-vehicle platforms, 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 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. Core Competencies Independent judgment and initiative Stakeholder relationship management Systems and platform integration Risk identification and mitigation Process improvement Cost and schedule awareness Executive communication Negotiation and conflict resolution Organizational awareness Mission-focused problem-solving Work Environment This position requires a sustained onsite presence within the Detroit Arsenal footprint. The Detroit Arsenal Liaison Officer must be available to attend in-person meetings, observe prototype and production activities, support local testing and installations, engage directly with host-platform stakeholders, and respond quickly to emerging integration issues. Limited remote work may be available when consistent with mission requirements and management approval; however, candidates should expect this position to be performed onsite nearly 100% of the time. Benefits Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) Short Term & Long Term Disability Training & Development