Job Description
Release Train Engineer (SAFe) – Automotive
About the role
Our client, a company within the automotive industry, is looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer to lead and coordinate a large-scale Agile Release Train in a complex development environment. As servant leader and facilitator, you will ensure collaboration, alignment and delivery across multiple cross-functional teams, stakeholders and technical domains, and help create predictability, transparency and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
Facilitate PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, ART Syncs and other SAFe ceremonies
Coordinate dependencies, risks and impediments across teams
Work closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Engineering Managers and business stakeholders to connect strategic objectives with execution
Coach teams and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices
Support the achievement of Program Increment objectives and drive continuous improvement across the ART
Monitor and improve performance through metrics on predictability, flow, quality and lead time
Foster an environment where engineering, product and business functions collaborate effectively
Required skills and experience
Proven experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach or Program Manager
Strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean-Agile principles and large-scale agile delivery
Background from automotive, manufacturing, embedded software or other complex engineering environments
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience facilitating large planning events and coordinating multiple development teams
Strong leadership skills with a servant leadership mindset
SAFe RTE certification (highly desirable)
Meriting experience
Automotive R&D, connected vehicles, embedded systems, digital products or software-intensive product development
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Kendis, Miro or similar collaboration and planning tools
Experience in global and distributed development organizations
Experience from transformation initiatives within large-scale Agile frameworks