Staff Engineer, Systems

Landis+Gyr•Milton, GA

1d•$108,923 - $144,788•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Engineer, Systems serves as an expert in the Firmware development life cycle, including analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of firmware applications. This individual will be responsible for thoroughly understanding requirements and business needs provided by Product Management and other stakeholders, translating these requirements into clear and actionable work items for Development Teams. This includes ensuring that the solution delivered by the Development team meets the business needs, as well as making sure there is efficient validation done to meet the quality standards for our products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree; preferably in engineering or computer science.
At least 3 - 5 years of relevant experience required.
Certified Product Owner Professional desired
Basic knowledge of utility space desired
Experience working with peers internationally
Strong Organizational skills to manage Requirements decomposition and backlog prioritization.
Ability to work following processes and methodologies
Ability to work with cross-regional teams, as well as independently, with minimal supervision

Nice To Haves

Thorough understanding of business fundamentals – roles of various departments in the organization: Product Management, Engineering, Project Management.
Critical thinking, communication and analytical skills
Good working knowledge of Azure DevOps/TFS and skills including Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
Strong knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle Phases

Responsibilities

Close collaboration with Product Management - Work with Product Managers to develop expertise in product strategy, product vision, customer use cases, and how the product is expected to be used in the field.
Analyze functional requirements to produce optimized features and other work items. Maintain high-quality standard of details in work items providing clear, complete, and testable acceptance criteria covering end-to-end scenarios.
Ensure cross-functional alignment with other Product Owners and key stakeholders during Design and Decomp phases. Identify and manage dependencies early, ensuring consistent understanding of the solution across impacted areas and products. Work with System Architects on design and architecture of system solutions.
Manage the Product Backlog for assigned requirements, features, user stories and provide traceability through the product lifecycle.
Work closely with the engineering team to explain the requirement scope/features, get effort estimates and create Sprint Backlog.
Participate regularly in team ceremonies such as daily stand-ups and sprint plannings. Provide timely support and direction on feature expectations and test scenarios.
Participate in defect triage meetings and conduct detailed analysis of field defects when needed, with clear insights and proposed resolutions.
Create new and maintain existing documentation as new requirements are introduced and implemented. Collaborate with Technical Writers for reviews of customer-facing documents.
Ability to present Product Demos to both internal teams and customers.