Scrum Manager

Scrum Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (any discipline); however, a degree in Computer, Software or Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• 5+ years of automotive engineering experience related to embedded controls, requirements development, architecture development, and/or systems engineering.
• Development experience with Software Defined Vehicle electrical architecture.
• Knowledge and experience in design, development, implementation, and debugging software in C (embedded C).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional collaboration and teamwork; ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and assignments with a high level of autonomy and accountability for results.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly to new domains and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Scrum Team’s content.
• Collaborate with the Power Distribution & the Electric Power Teams in LVPS to refine the Program Vision, Roadmap and Program Backlog.
• Collaborate with System Architect to determine Enablers and coordinate Enabler Rollout.
• Coordinate dependencies with other Scrum Managers when deliverables are dependent on other Teams for completion, attending PO synchronizations as needed.
• Refine, maintain and prioritize the Team Backlog.
• Work closely with Scrum Team Leader to ascertain team capacity.
• Translate product and feature strategy into User Stories, assisting Scrum Team with Story definition, estimation and sequencing for Program Increment Planning events.
• Design and resolve complex production features with controls design.
• Assure full lifecycle of the assigned domains, including requirements, system design, development, review, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Work day-to-day with the Scrum Teams clarifying requirements, constantly communicating and gaining alignment around Feature or Product Strategy.
• Provide clearly defined acceptance criteria to enable Behavior Driven (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD), have persistent acceptance tests.
• Provide guidance for System Demonstration Strategy during Story creation (unit, integration and system level test strategy), provide guidance and coaching to scrum team members.
• Verify Stories are testable and can be used to generate testing objectives.
• Ensure validation and testing of features occurs prior to End User Acceptance.
• Ensure the technical integrity of the product is maintained and enable the solution to address program priorities (Features and Enablers), thoroughly addressing anomalies and other quality concerns in a timely manner.
• Accept each story and participate in Team Demonstrations and Retrospectives to validate quality, providing feedback to team and improving team processes.
• Support peripheral meetings with Product Team Members, FSAs, SSLEs, and Systems Engineers.
• Be the single point contact and lead on PRTSs driving the root causing efforts and implementation of the solution while reporting out to stakeholders.
• Support Testable Functionality Roll-Out Plan (TFRP) definition.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering with a focus on Controls, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and/or Systems Engineering.
• Experience in or development of vehicle low voltage power systems.
• Experience developing feature or ECU activation and deactivation strategies.
• Proficiency in Agile processes.
• Experience executing production programs through launch.
• Record of innovation in systems, subsystems, or feature design: patents, awards, or publications.
• Experience with JIRA, JIRA Align, Git Ecosystem, DOORs, and DNG.
• Troubleshoot code to resolve design deficiencies and develop solutions to resolve them.
• Experience with embedded compiler, linker, debugging tools, and software such as Lauterbach, ETAS INCA, NeoVi Vehicle Spy.
• Knowledge and experience with CAN, LIN, or Ethernet communications protocol.
• Knowledge and experience with Python.