AFSOC Technical Integrator & Liaison (On-Site)

LMI Government Consulting; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Technical Integrator / Liaison Officer (LNO) to support a Department of War Mission Partner. This on-site role serves as the primary interface to AFSOC stakeholders at Hurlburt Field, Florida, synchronizing activity across pilots, operators, engineers, testers, program staff, and industry partners.

A Top-Secret clearance and regular travel are required. The candidate will translate operational needs into actionable technical requirements, maintain integrated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, aviation, systems integration, program or project management, operations, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of experience supporting UAS or autonomous systems, aviation systems integration, test and evaluation, technical program execution, requirements integration, or operational mission support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary on-site LMI technical integrator and liaison to AFSOC for robotic and autonomous systems efforts.
• Build and maintain trusted working relationships with AFSOC headquarters, wings, groups, squadrons, group SORDs, pilots, operators, test organizations, engineers, acquisition personnel, program offices, and external partners.
• Synchronize requirements, engineering, integration, test, training, fielding, and operational feedback across multiple organizations and concurrent lines of effort.
• Translate operator needs, mission threads, and test observations into clear technical requirements, priorities, actions, and decision points for engineering and program teams.
• Translate technical constraints, integration dependencies, risk, readiness, and test results into language accessible to pilots, operators, requirements leads, and senior decision-makers.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules, action trackers, decision logs, risk and issue registers, dependency maps, stakeholder matrices, and concise status reporting.
• Plan and facilitate integrated product teams, technical interchange meetings, working groups, test planning events, test readiness reviews, demonstrations, after-action reviews, and senior leader updates.
• Drive closure of cross-organizational actions by identifying owners, deadlines, dependencies, and required decisions; elevate blockers early and recommend practical paths forward.
• Coordinate integration of air vehicles, payloads and effects, autonomy, navigation, command-and-control and datalinks, mission-planning software, ground-control systems, telemetry, and test infrastructure, as applicable.
• Support the development and review of concepts of operation, mission threads, integration plans, test plans, evaluation criteria, range and safety coordination inputs, fielding plans, and training materials.
• Maintain awareness of changes in requirements, configurations, interfaces, schedules, test assets, and operational priorities, ensuring stakeholders operate from a common and current understanding.
• Coordinate LMI and partner support to test events and demonstrations, including personnel, equipment, data, logistics, site access, communications, and follow-on actions.
• Capture user feedback and lessons learned and convert findings into prioritized technical, process, training, and operational improvements.
• Brief program status, risks, decisions, and recommended actions to LMI and government leaders with clarity, candor, and the appropriate level of technical depth.
• Operate effectively in a high-tempo, ambiguous environment where success depends on initiative, judgment, diplomacy, follow-through, and the ability to lead without formal authority.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, aviation, systems integration, program or project management, operations, or a related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Technical Integrator / Liaison Officer (LNO) to support a Department of War Mission Partner. This on-site role serves as the primary interface to AFSOC stakeholders at Hurlburt Field, Florida, synchronizing activity across pilots, operators, engineers, testers, program staff, and industry partners.

A Top-Secret clearance and regular travel are required. The candidate will translate operational needs into actionable technical requirements, maintain integrated