Senior Controls Engineer, Scrum Manager

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Milford, MI, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
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The Role
Own the Scrum team roadmap and backlog, translate product strategy into user stories, coordinate dependencies, define acceptance criteria, and ensure features meet testing and quality requirements. Lead planning, demonstrations, retrospectives, and synchronization events while coaching team members. Apply expertise in embedded automotive controls, propulsion systems, electrification, MATLAB, Simulink, C, and MIL/SIL/HIL testing.
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DUTIES: Collaborate with the Program Management team and System Architects to refine the program vision, own team's roadmap, and maintain and prioritize team's backlog. Perform as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Scrum Team's content. Coordinate dependencies with other Scrum managers when deliverables are dependent on other Teams for completion. Work closely with Scrum Team Leader to ascertain Team capacity and translate product feature strategy into User Stories, assisting with Story definition, estimation, and sequencing for Program Increment Planning events. Work day-to-day with the Scrum Teams clarifying requirements, constantly communicating, and gaining alignment around Feature or Product Strategy. Provide clearly defined acceptance criteria to enable Behavior Driven (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD). Provide guidance for System Demonstration Strategy during Story creation including unit, integration and system level test strategy. Verify Stories are testable and can be used to generate testing objectives. Ensure validation and testing of features occurs prior to End User Acceptance. Ensure the technical integrity of the product is maintained and enable the solution to address program priorities including Features and Enablers, thoroughly addressing anomalies and other quality concerns in a timely manner. Accept each story and participate in Team Demonstrations and Retrospectives to validate quality, providing feedback to team and improving team processes. Validate that Stories meet their pre-determined acceptance criteria, have appropriate, persistent Acceptance tests, and otherwise comply with Definition of Done (DoD). Participate in the following Team and Program Events: Program Increment Planning, Iteration Retrospectives, ART Inspection and Adapt sessions, SM/ART Synchronizations. Provide guidance and coaching to Scrum Team members. Hybrid Work Policy - 3 Days In-Office, 2 Days Remote - Must be able to report local office.
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study. Five (5) years of experience as a Lead Hybrid Calibration Engineer, Hybrid Powertrain Calibration Engineer, or related occupation. Five (5) years of experience in the following: Algorithm development and calibration for propulsion system controls; Embedded controls and controls software development; MATLAB and Simulink, DOORS, GIT environments; and Embedded Controls Development and Delivery Process. Three (3) years of experience in the following: Plant modeling and analysis tools; Electrification Software and Diagnostics development; System modeling and simulation including Software, Hardware, and MIL/SIL/ HIL testing; Controls software development in C programming; and Vehicle propulsion, chassis control, battery high voltage, vehicle energy transfer, charging and automotive system.
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  • Bachelor's degree in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • Five years of experience as a Lead Hybrid Calibration Engineer, Hybrid Powertrain Calibration Engineer, or related occupation
  • Five years of experience developing and calibrating propulsion system control algorithms
  • Five years of experience with embedded controls and controls software development
  • Five years of experience with MATLAB, Simulink, DOORS, and Git environments
  • Five years of experience with embedded controls development and delivery processes
  • Three years of experience with plant modeling and analysis tools
  • Three years of experience developing electrification software and diagnostics
  • Three years of experience with system modeling and simulation, including software, hardware, MIL, SIL, and HIL testing
  • Three years of experience developing controls software in C
  • Three years of experience with vehicle propulsion, chassis control, high-voltage batteries, vehicle energy transfer, charging, and automotive systems

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