Senior Controls Engineer, Scrum Manager

GM • Milford, MI

33d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves collaborating with the Program Management team and System Architects to refine the program vision, own the team's roadmap, and maintain and prioritize the team's backlog. The Senior Controls Engineer will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Scrum Team's content, coordinate dependencies with other Scrum managers, and work closely with the Scrum Team Leader to ascertain team capacity and translate product feature strategy into User Stories. This includes assisting with Story definition, estimation, and sequencing for Program Increment Planning events. The role requires day-to-day interaction with Scrum Teams to clarify requirements, ensure constant communication, and gain alignment around Feature or Product Strategy. The engineer will provide clearly defined acceptance criteria for Behavior Driven (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD), guide the System Demonstration Strategy, and ensure validation and testing of features occur prior to End User Acceptance. Maintaining the technical integrity of the product and addressing anomalies and quality concerns in a timely manner are key responsibilities. The role also involves accepting each story, participating in Team Demonstrations and Retrospectives, validating that Stories meet acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD), and participating in various Team and Program Events such as Program Increment Planning, Iteration Retrospectives, ART Inspection and Adapt sessions, and SM/ART Synchronizations. Providing guidance and coaching to Scrum Team members is also expected. The position operates under a Hybrid Work Policy requiring 3 Days In-Office and 2 Days Remote, with the ability to report to a local office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study.
• Five (5) years of experience as a Lead Hybrid Calibration Engineer, Hybrid Powertrain Calibration Engineer, or related occupation.
• Five (5) years of experience in Algorithm development and calibration for propulsion system controls.
• Five (5) years of experience in Embedded controls and controls software development.
• Five (5) years of experience in MATLAB and Simulink, DOORS, GIT environments.
• Five (5) years of experience in Embedded Controls Development and Delivery Process.
• Three (3) years of experience in Plant modeling and analysis tools.
• Three (3) years of experience in Electrification Software and Diagnostics development.
• Three (3) years of experience in System modeling and simulation including Software, Hardware, and MIL/SIL/ HIL testing.
• Three (3) years of experience in Controls software development in C programming.
• Three (3) years of experience in Vehicle propulsion, chassis control, battery high voltage, vehicle energy transfer, charging and automotive system.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Program Management team and System Architects to refine the program vision, own team’s roadmap, and maintain and prioritize team’s backlog.
• Perform as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Scrum Team’s content.
• Coordinate dependencies with other Scrum managers when deliverables are dependent on other Teams for completion.
• Work closely with Scrum Team Leader to ascertain Team capacity and translate product feature strategy into User Stories, assisting 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 including unit, integration and system level test strategy.
• 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 including 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.
• Validate 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, SM/ART Synchronizations.
• Provide guidance and coaching to Scrum Team members.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior