Software Delivery Coordinator

Ultipro; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Health Savings Account

Vision Insurance

Retirement Savings Account

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Programs

Education Assistance

Job summary

RFA Engineering has an opening for a Software Delivery Coordinator to support software and product delivery across multiple initiatives. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, manages release activities, and translates information into clear plans, schedules, and actions.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, works with technical teams, and can align deliverables with product launch timelines. Visa sponsorship is not available; pay range is $60,000-$100,000 and commensurate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, business, project management, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating projects, programs, software releases, engineering activities, or other cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to gather information from multiple teams and translate it into clear schedules, action items, priorities, and deliverables.
• Comfortable working with technical teams and understanding software development and release processes.
• Basic ability to work with structured data and configuration files such as JSON.
• Experience with project tracking, collaboration, or document management tools.
• Ability to proactively identify issues and drive follow-up without requiring extensive direction.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery activities across multiple software, engineering, product, and technology teams.
• Drive alignment across engineering, product, program, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to support successful product and software releases.
• Collect information from contributors to identify required release artifacts, dependencies, and deliverables, ensuring all components are complete and work together as intended.
• Develop and maintain release management artifacts, including configuration files, release documentation, software payloads, and compatibility information.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings related to delivery schedules, release planning, change management, design reviews, defect reviews, and release reviews.
• Collect key information from feature teams and project managers to develop schedules and track progress toward critical launch dates.
• Work with project and delivery managers to develop and maintain macro-level project schedules.
• Partner with product owners and technical leaders to establish feature and defect priorities for upcoming releases and ensure deliverables remain aligned with the overall timeline.
• Maintain software compatibility information and release packages to support product launches.
• Develop and maintain project tracking and support tools to improve visibility into delivery status, dependencies, and risks.
• Communicate release and schedule information to stakeholders to support product launch activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, tools, and workflows for managing software and product deliveries.
• Coordinate and facilitate company or organizational meetings as needed.
• Proactively identify schedule risks, gaps, dependencies, and communication issues and drive them toward resolution.

Skills

Project management

Organization

Communication

Meeting facilitation

Requirements gathering

Technical collaboration

JSON

Project tracking tools

Proactive issue resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, business, project management, or related field

Job description

RFA Engineering ( www.rfamec.com ) supports industry-leading clients through the full software development lifecycle to build cutting-edge precision agriculture, machine guidance, vehicle automation and autonomy applications. We are seeking passionate, talented engineers to work on exciting projects using the latest tools and technologies including robotics, computer-vision, machine learning, IoT, cloud computing, and much more. Collaborate with a team of industry experts onsite at our client's world-class engineering center and contribute to developing innovative solutions that drive sustainable agriculture practices.

Full-time position with a full benefit package listed below that includes opportunities for professional growth, direct hire by our customers, and additional opportunities within our own organization.

Software Delivery Coordinator

As a Software Delivery Coordinator, you will support software and product delivery across a portfolio of technology and product development initiatives. This role will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage release activities, establish priorities, and ensure required deliverables are aligned to product launch schedules. The ideal candidate is highly organized, comfortable working with technical teams, and able to take information from multiple sources and turn it into clear plans, schedules, and actions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery activities across multiple software, engineering, product, and technology teams.
• Drive alignment across engineering, product, program, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to support successful product and software releases.
• Collect information from contributors to identify required release artifacts, dependencies, and deliverables, ensuring all components are complete and work together as intended.
• Develop and maintain release management artifacts, including configuration files, release documentation, software payloads, and compatibility information.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings related to delivery schedules, release planning, change management, design reviews, defect reviews, and release reviews.
• Collect key information from feature teams and project managers to develop schedules and track progress toward critical launch dates.
• Work with project and delivery managers to develop and maintain macro-level project schedules.
• Partner with product owners and technical leaders to establish feature and defect priorities for upcoming releases and ensure deliverables remain aligned with the overall timeline.
• Maintain software compatibility information and release packages to support product launches.
• Develop and maintain project tracking and support tools to improve visibility into delivery status, dependencies, and risks.
• Communicate release and schedule information to stakeholders to support product launch activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, tools, and workflows for managing software and product deliveries.
• Coordinate and facilitate company or organizational meetings as needed.
• Proactively identify schedule risks, gaps, dependencies, and communication issues and drive them toward resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, business, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating projects, programs, software releases, engineering activities, or other cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to gather information from multiple teams and translate it into clear schedules, action items, priorities, and deliverables.
• Comfortable working with technical teams and understanding software development and release processes.
• Basic ability to work with structured data and configuration files such as JSON.
• Experience with project tracking, collaboration, or document management tools.
• Ability to proactively identify issues and drive follow-up without requiring extensive direction.4

Preferred Qualifications and Attributes

• Highly proactive with a strong sense of ownership and urgency.
• High-agency individual who takes initiative and drives tasks through completion.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain alignment across multiple teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with engineering, product, program, marketing, and leadership teams.
• Able to manage a large number of information sources, dependencies, and project endpoints while maintaining a clear view of overall delivery status.
• Strong problem-solving and process-improvement mindset.
• Ability to understand existing tools and processes and identify ways to make them more efficient.
• Comfortable facilitating discussions, documenting decisions, and holding teams accountable to commitments.
• Experience working in an Agile software development or product development environment is desired.
• Experience with software release management, product launches, or technology-driven product development is a plus.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

Pay Range: $60,000-$100,000 – Commensurate with experience

About RFA Engineering

RFA Engineering has provided product development and engineering services to industry leading customers since 1943. Our primary focus is the development of off highway equipment including agricultural, construction, mining, recreational, industrial, and special machines. Our work includes concept development, product design, documentation, problem-solving, simulation, optimization, and testing of components, systems and complete machines. Our engineering staff is located at our Engineering Center in Minneapolis, branch office in Dubuque, IA, and at numerous customer sites throughout the U.S.

Competitive Benefits

• Health and Dental Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• TelaDoc: Virtual Health Care
• Vision Insurance
• Company Paid / Supplemental Life Insurance
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability
• Supplemental Short-Term Disability
• Retirement Savings Account (Traditional 401k & Roth 401k)
• Flexible Spending Plan Dependent Care
• Bonus Plan (Exempt Employees Only)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Education Assistance

Equal Opportunity and Veteran Friendly

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