Scrum Manager – Engine Controls

Jobtailor

Milford (MO)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Agile Scrum SME to partner with the Scrum Leader in creating a collaborative team culture and delivering high-quality software with timely commitments. The role requires deep expertise in backlog refinement, user story development, and cross-functional communication across engineering, QA, and product teams.

The candidate will translate strategy into actionable user stories, ensure acceptance criteria, and drive Behavior Driven Development and Test-Driven

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in a relevant engineering or science field.
5+ years of controls system development experience.
Experience in control system integration and testing hardware/software.
Knowledge of vehicle electrical systems and serial data communications.
Strong requirements development and validation skills.
Demonstrated project management ability and meeting leadership.
Effective interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration.
Familiarity with embedded controls development and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

Serve as SME for scrum team’s product content and backlog.
Collaborate to maintain a high-collaboration culture and timely delivery of quality products.
Refine, maintain and prioritize team backlog; verify acceptance criteria.
Accept or reject sprint work results at Sprint Review.
Collaborate to refine program vision, roadmaps and backlogs.
Coordinate with system architects to determine enablers and rollout.
Communicate with stakeholders and partners to gain alignment.
Translate strategy into user stories and assist with estimation and sequencing.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Scrum

Backlog Management

User Story Development

Project Management

C/C++ Programming

Python Programming

MATLAB/Simulink Modeling

Embedded Controls

Change Management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Math or Physics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Python

Job description

Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for scrum team’s product content.
Collaborate with the Scrum Leader to create a team culture that encourages a high degree of constructive collaboration, healthy relationships, and a shared accountability for delivering products with quality and per agreed upon timing commitments.
Create, refine, maintain and prioritize the team backlog.
Accept or reject the scrum team’s work results at each Sprint Review meeting.
Collaborate with the ART Program Management Team to refine the Program Vision, Roadmap and Program Backlog for the ART.
Collaborate with System Architect to determine enablers and coordinate rollout of enablers.
Coordinate dependencies with other Scrum Managers when deliverables are dependent on other teams for completion.
Communicate cross functionally both internally and externally to gain alignment with stakeholders, customers, and development partners.
Be the customer voice to the Agile Team.
Provide the team with clear information on whom the current and potential customers are, as well as the how, why, when, and with whom they use the product.
Ensure the technical integrity of the product is maintained and enables the solution to address program priorities by addressing anomalies and other quality concerns in a timely manner.
Ensure engineering records are complete and stored appropriately.
Translate product and feature strategy into User Stories, assisting Scrum Team with Story definition, estimation and sequencing for Program Increment Planning events.
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).
Provide guidance for System Demonstration Strategy during Story creation (unit, integration and system level test strategy).
Verify Stories are testable and can be used to generate testing objectives.
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 ensure quality, providing feedback to team and improving team processes.
Ensure that Stories meet their pre-determined acceptance criteria, have appropriate, persistent Acceptance tests, and otherwise comply with Definition of Done (DoD).
Participate in the following Team and Program Events: Program Increment Planning, Iteration Retrospectives, ART Inspection and Adapt sessions, ART Synchronizations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics.
5+ years of experience in controls system development.
Control system integration and testing of hardware and software.
Controller hardware design and failure modes of electronic modules.
Vehicle electrical systems and serial data communications architectures.
System, software, and hardware requirements development and validation.
Change management.
High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult.
Demonstrated proficiency in project management skills.
Experienced at planning, preparing for and leading meetings.
Effective interpersonal skills that focus and influence others, including those which may have priority differences with yours.
Understanding of Embedded Controls Development & Delivery Process.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and assignments with autonomy and accountability for results.
Proficient oral and written communication skills.
Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization as needed.
Strong partnership and teamwork skills, with demonstrated ability to learn from and share knowledge with co-workers in a fast-paced environment.
High level of integrity, ability to deal with ambiguity, take initiative/self-directed.
Consistent demonstration of innovative thinking that is customer-centric.
Experience with C/C++/Python and MATLAB/Simulink modeling.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Agile methodologies, particularly in Scrum, with a strong focus on backlog management, user story development, and cross-functional collaboration. Proficient in controls system development and integration, with a solid foundation in project management and effective communication skills.

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