XBR Release Train Engineer (RTE)

RTX•Woburn, MA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Raytheon team is looking for a Release Train Engineer for the XBR Agile Release Train (ART) comprised of a multi-disciplinary Systems, Software, and Integration and Test team. You will be working as part of a team to develop, implement, and release new candidate tactical software and simulation capabilities. This role supports Systems, Software and Integration & Test Engineering departments. These departments provide subject matter expertise for concept development, architectural design, requirements generation & flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, software development, integration, test and evaluation of world-class Missile Defense & Sensor Systems to be achieved through our people, processes, technology and performance. What You Will Do As a Release Train Engineer (RTE), you will be working as part of the leadership team of a agile engineering team alongside the Chief Product Owner (CPO) and Cross Product Team (CPT) leads. The RTE is a servant-based leader and coach for the ART. Identify and escalate blockers to upper-level leadership, facilitate barrier removal for the ART. Drive process improvement opportunities for more efficient team execution Ensure that the agile teams are following established processes and agile methodologies. Schedule and drive coordination of agile team scrum masters (Scrum of Scrums). Ensure team product owners are establishing effective scope definitions, including clear acceptance criteria for team products and services. Schedule and facilitate increment planning and review events in a scaled agile team environment. Ensure team sprint plans and day-to-day execution are aligned with program and customer priorities in support of the Chief Product Owner. Partner closely with the Chief Product Owner to ensure on time delivery of team products and services that meet agreed acceptance criteria. Partner closely with the Cross Product Team leads on staffing decisions and rotations. Identify and track internal and external dependencies required to deliver products and services. Coach Agile team execution processes and mentor team agile leaders. Improve team agile execution by implementing process improvement opportunities and data driven decisions for better performance. Partner on process engineering opportunities to push the program forward while also adhering to required contract deliverables and company required practices.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
Experience in the field of Engineering, including any of the following: System Requirements definition and analysis, System Test and Analysis, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Development, Software Test and Analysis working with MATLAB, C/C++, Ada, Java or DOORS.
Experience with requirements and agile development methodologies.
Experience developing software in a team-based development environment, preferably using the Agile Scrum or Kanban framework.
Experience with Agile principles and methodologies
Team leadership experience in a scaled agile environment.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U. S. government issued security clearance prior to the start date.
U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Software engineering experience to drive metric collection for data driven decision making
Experience with current Missile defense programs with specific experience in large, complex systems.
Ability to communicate and coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Hands on experience with Jira and Confluence.
Prior experience as a Scrum Master or Product Owner
Running or attending Agile ceremonies (daily scrum, monthly planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives).
Previous software development experience.
Experience operating in or leading of a multi-disciplinary team
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact positively with coworkers, suppliers, management, and customers in a team environment.
Experience contributing in a team environment for the purpose of developing creative solutions to technical problems.
Project management experience.

Responsibilities

Identify and escalate blockers to upper-level leadership, facilitate barrier removal for the ART.
Drive process improvement opportunities for more efficient team execution
Ensure that the agile teams are following established processes and agile methodologies.
Schedule and drive coordination of agile team scrum masters (Scrum of Scrums).
Ensure team product owners are establishing effective scope definitions, including clear acceptance criteria for team products and services.
Schedule and facilitate increment planning and review events in a scaled agile team environment.
Ensure team sprint plans and day-to-day execution are aligned with program and customer priorities in support of the Chief Product Owner.
Partner closely with the Chief Product Owner to ensure on time delivery of team products and services that meet agreed acceptance criteria.
Partner closely with the Cross Product Team leads on staffing decisions and rotations.
Identify and track internal and external dependencies required to deliver products and services.
Coach Agile team execution processes and mentor team agile leaders.
Improve team agile execution by implementing process improvement opportunities and data driven decisions for better performance.
Partner on process engineering opportunities to push the program forward while also adhering to required contract deliverables and company required practices.