Principal Systems Engineer – MilAv OPAS RTE

Responsibilities

• As a Release Train Engineer (RTE), you will be working as part of the leadership team of an agile engineering team alongside the Program Chief and Product Owners for each team.
• The RTE is a servant-based leader and coach for the ART.
• Identify and elevate blockers to upper-level leadership, facilitate barrier removal for the ART.
• Improve team agile execution by implementing process improvement opportunities and data driven decisions for better performance.
• Ensure that the agile teams follow established processes and agile methodologies.
• Schedule and drive coordination of agile team scrum masters (Scrum of Scrums).
• Ensure team product owners are establishing effective scope definitions, including clear acceptance criteria for team products and services.
• Schedule and facilitate increment planning and review events in a scaled agile team environment.
• Ensure team sprint plans and day-to-day execution are aligned with program and customer priorities.
• Partner closely with the key stakeholders to ensure on time delivery of team products and services that meet agreed acceptance criteria.
• Partner closely with the Cross Product Team leads on staffing decisions and rotations.
• Identify and track internal and external dependencies required to deliver products and services.
• Coach Agile team execution processes and mentor team agile leaders.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• Experience in the field of Engineering, including any of the following:
  System Requirements definition and analysis, System Test and Analysis, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Development, Software Test and Analysis working with MATLAB, C/C++, Ada, Java or DOORS.
• Experience with Agile principles and methodologies.
• SAFe Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer certification or related industry certification preferred.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with agile management and engineering tools (Jira, Confluence, Excel etc.).
• Prior experience as a Scrum Master or Product Owner.
• Running or attending Agile ceremonies (daily scrum, monthly planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives).
• Previous software development experience, requirements development and analysis or system integration and testing.
• Experience working on or leading a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact positively with coworkers, suppliers, management, and customers in a team environment.
• Project management experience.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with time-critical requirements and competing priorities.
• Team leadership experience in a scaled agile environment, preferably using Scaled Scrum or Kanban frameworks.