Release Train Engineer (Connectivity Platform)

Volvo Cars

What’s in it for you
Connected Experience is a unit within R&D which includes Connectivity Platform, Infotainment, Car Cloud and Remote Functions, Vehicle Data- & Diagnostics as well as HW and Mechatronics.

The ART Connectivity Platform mission is to provide global connectivity products and services for our vehicles – connecting them anywhere and anytime!  We do in-house development of SW for our Telematics Platform as well as handle Network Access. With our platform we enable other product teams to efficiently build customer applications on top.

Our team is located primarily in Gothenburg and Lund, Sweden, and we also have personnel in the US and in China.

We are now looking for an engaged, curious and experienced Agile Leader for the position of Release Train Engineer for ART Connectivity Platform.

What you will do
Your purpose as a Release Train Engineer is to manage flow towards commitment and increase speed within the ART together with Scrum Masters, RTE colleague and the ART management team. You will support the progress of our empowered product teams that strive for continuous learning and improvement.
You will be a member of the ART management / department management team for ART Connectivity Platform and work both internally for the ART but also in close cooperation with the neighbouring ARTs within Connected Experience.  This means you will have competent colleagues in the same role with whom you can, on daily basis, share and discuss experiences and problems.

The main responsibilities in this role, is to manage and optimize the flow of value. You will drive to remove and escalate impediments, manage risks and help the ART to ensure delivered value. You are to establish and communicate the annual rolling calendar for iterations and program increments (PI). You will organize, drive and facilitate the PI planning event. You will aggregate team PI objectives into Program PI objectives and publish these for visibility and transparency. You will also assist with execution and feature/capability completion tracking as well as provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
You will work with product and solution management, product owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment. You will report status and collaborate with the Solution Train Engineer (STE) and support related activities.

Who are you?
To thrive in this position, we believe that you have a versatile background from working with software, tools and processes. You genuinely embrace teamwork and collaboration across teams and ARTs. It comes natural to you to communicate efficiently with several stakeholders to lead and implement changes. You have a positive attitude, are self-managed and proactive. You are flexible and eager to learn, with a growth and agile mindset. Further, you are well organized and thorough with documentation.

You would bring 5+ years of relevant work experience, preferably as a Product Owner or Scrum Master for software teams or similar. You bring software development experience, preferably in an agile environment. You would carry a BSc degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.

You are committed to participate actively in the management team for the ART. You are fluent in English language both spoken and in writing. You would bring business and end customer value understanding as well as have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Agile leadership.

What would be beneficial for you in this role is that you have documented experience of development working in the automobile industry as well as knowledge of Volvo Cars development process in general as well as the electrical development process.

In this role, you are encouraged to be inclusive, communicative, team oriented, customer focused. You are curious and continuously searching for new knowledge. You are result driven – finds new and better ways. You are self-motivated and bring a hands-on approach to problems.

Contact
Does this sound like your next challenge? Warm welcome with your application by submitting your resume no later than the 22nd of November, however incoming applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so please apply as soon as possible.

For questions about the position, please contact Cecilia Ekerstig at cecilia.ekerstig@volvocars.com.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact mark.chan@volvocars.com . 

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