Senior Release Train Engineer

goodsservices; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

goodsservices is seeking an experienced Release Train Engineer to coordinate delivery for a regulated medical device software program. You will lead PI Planning from preparation to follow-up and align mobile and cloud teams around a shared release cadence.

You will keep program leadership informed about milestone confidence and release readiness, manage risks, dependencies, and quality gates in collaboration with Regulatory and Quality teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Program Increment Planning end to end.
• Coordinate cross-platform releases across mobile and cloud teams.
• Practical knowledge of medical device software regulations, Design Controls.
• Familiarity with risk-management artifacts and release impact assessment.
• Experience running program-level risk, assumption, issue, and dependency tracking; defining KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Program Increment Planning.
• Coordinate releases across iOS, Android, and cloud teams.
• Track risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and release management on gate readiness.
• Report train status to executives with confidence assessments.
• Align teams on train-level Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.

Skills

PI Planning

Cross-platform releases

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management artifacts

KPIs & audits

Executive communication

Traceability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Polarion

Smartsheet

Job description

Role overview

Coordinate delivery across an Agile Release Train responsible for regulated medical device software. The role leads Program Increment Planning from preparation through follow-up, aligns mobile and cloud teams around a shared release cadence, and keeps program leadership informed about milestone confidence and release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Program Increment Planning, including preparation, the planning event, and follow-up on commitments.
• Coordinate releases across iOS, Android, and cloud teams working to a shared train cadence.
• Track risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies across the program, and identify their effects on milestones and releases.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and release management on gate readiness, Design Controls milestones, and supporting documentation.
• Report train status to executives, including clear assessments of confidence in key milestones.
• Align teams on train-level Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and coordinate release phasing and documentation dates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience leading Program Increment Planning end to end and coordinating cross-platform releases across mobile and cloud teams.
• Practical knowledge of medical device software regulations, quality systems, Design Controls, Design History File content, and verification evidence.
• Familiarity with risk-management artifacts, including failure mode and hazard analyses, and the ability to assess release impacts.
• Experience running program-level risk, assumption, issue, and dependency tracking; defining delivery KPIs; and participating in audits and corrective actions.
• Ability to work with Quality and Regulatory partners on release gates and communicate milestone confidence to executives.
• Working knowledge of a requirements and traceability tool such as Polarion, Smartsheet, and Limited Market and Full Market Release phasing.

Nice to have

• SAFe Release Train Engineer certification.