RTE

Assignment description

We are looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead and coordinate a large-scale Agile Release Train within a complex automotive development environment.

In this role, you will act as a servant leader and facilitator for the ART, ensuring strong collaboration, alignment and delivery across multiple cross-functional teams, stakeholders and technical domains. You will play a key role in creating predictability, transparency and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.

You will facilitate PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, ART Syncs and other SAFe ceremonies, while coordinating dependencies, risks and impediments across teams. You will work closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Engineering Managers and business stakeholders to ensure alignment between strategic objectives and execution.

The role also includes coaching teams and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices, supporting the achievement of Program Increment objectives and driving continuous improvement across the ART. You will monitor and improve performance through metrics related to predictability, flow, quality and lead time and help create an environment where engineering, product and business functions can collaborate effectively.

Qualifications:

• You have proven experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach or Program Manager.
• You have strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean-Agile principles and large-scale agile delivery.
• You have experience from automotive, manufacturing, embedded software or other complex engineering environments.
• You have excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• You have experience facilitating large planning events and coordinating multiple development teams.
• You have strong leadership skills and a servant leadership mindset.
• SAFe RTE certification is highly desirable.

Preferred Experience

• It is meriting if you have experience from Automotive R&D, connected vehicles, embedded systems, digital products or software-intensive product development.
• A plus is experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Kendis, Miro or similar collaboration and planning tools.
• It is meriting if you have experience working in global and distributed development organizations.
• Experience from transformation initiatives within large-scale Agile frameworks is considered an advantage.