Jobs at Detroit Defense

Coordinates logistics operations for Department of War tactical wheeled vehicles and vessels. Responsibilities include supporting program meetings, managing project and administrative tasks, preparing leadership briefings and program documents, supporting project lifecycle activities, developing budgets, obtaining quotes, coordinating property transfers and hardware procurement, conducting cost analyses, and supporting technical demonstrations.

Develops compliant, competitive pricing for U.S. Government proposals and task orders. Builds pricing models covering labor, materials, travel, subcontracts, indirect rates, margins, and escalation. Performs cost and price analysis, prepares cost narratives, supports audits and Government evaluation inquiries, benchmarks labor rates, and maintains proposal pricing documentation. Requires strong Excel, Government contracting, indirect-rate, and cost-accounting expertise, plus eligibility for a Secret clearance and CAC.

Leads enterprise FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow modeling, treasury support, executive reporting, KPI development, and strategic financial analysis. Partners with business leaders on performance management, M&A due diligence, pricing, capital allocation, and operational decisions. Applies FAR, DFARS, government-contracting cost principles, indirect-rate structures, and DCAA audit requirements within a defense environment. Builds scalable processes, improves reporting automation, and mentors finance professionals.

Lead end-to-end systems engineering for mission-critical defense hardware and software solutions. Responsibilities include architecture and roadmap guidance, requirements and interface documentation, design and technical reviews, hardware-software integration, test strategy and validation, configuration management, field deployment, training, demonstrations, customer engagement, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires extensive cross-functional collaboration and domestic or international travel to customer sites.

Own the Vehicle Modernization product portfolio: define configurations, enforce configuration discipline, and maintain multi-year roadmap. Drive product economics and P&L visibility, govern exceptions, reduce variant complexity, and align Engineering, Programs, and Business Development to enable predictable execution and next-generation modernization kits.