Release Train Engineer - Texas, United States - Lockheed Martin

Description

Job Description

As a key member of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Digital Transformation organization, the Release Train Engineer will be a Servant Leader and Coach for the 3DX Agile Release Train.

This highly visible role will coordinate, facilitate, and help to guide the constituent Agile Release Train (ART), IT Systems, and organizations toward productive outcomes.

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) possesses a systems view of the entire development and delivery process.

Working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, the Release Train Engineer will have the following responsibilities:

• Release Train Engineer leads the Agile cadence, ensuring participation from team members and key stakeholders across the ART.
• Leads multiple functional Agile teams, within the ART, from backlog grooming and planning activities through development, testing, and release deployment with responsibility for all aspects of a teams' productivity.
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the "team of teams."
• Establish and communicate calendars for sprints and deployments.
• Establish common reporting, metrics, and work management tools (JIRA) across teams.
• Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness and execution.
• Assist in tracking the execution of features across teams Facilitate scaling meetings (scrum of scrum, product owner sync, overall retrospectives, solution demo's)
• Help manage risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments Encourage collaboration between teams.
• Coach leaders, teams, and scrum masters on Agile practices and mindsets
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency.
• Maintain visual progress metrics indicating velocity, burn-down, etc.
• Run retrospectives and drive the teams to implement the process improvements identified during those meetings.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams to ensure the product vision translates into a workable roadmap that is executable across the program.
• Publish PI brief/debrief communications that outline the business value, objectives, and goals targeted and achieved by the program.
• Oversee and ensure PI planning readiness product vision & roadmap, architectural runway, backlogs, business value assessments, and event logistics.
• Executes PI planning sessions on cadence.
• Manage, escalate, and drive resolution of program risks and dependencies with key stakeholders product ownership, product leadership, scrum teams, system teams and program stakeholders.
• Drive program-level data-driven continuous improvement through focused qualitative and quantitative retrospection.
• Coach and mentor the program and organizational Leaders on SAFe, Agile, Lean, and Scrum practices, principles, and mindsets to optimize the output of valuable working software.
• Serve as Release Train Engineer to the program, namely to scrum masters and product and technical leaders.
• Able and willing to coach and support any member or stakeholder related to the program.
• Foster Scaled Agile (e.g., SAFe) Communities of Practice to promote a culture of Lean-Agile continuous and relentless improvement.

What's
In It For You: 3 day weekends every weekend

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security,

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Desired skills

• Familiar with ERP and MES systems
• Agile Development Process knowledge
• Knowledge of Aerospace System Engineering and Engineering Release Processes
• Excellent communications skills
• SAFe RTE Certification, SAFe Scrum Master Certification