Scrum Leader - Engine & Transmission Controls

Job Description

The Role:
Here at General Motors we are looking for a hard-working person who enjoys taking on challenges and following through with robust solutions to join our Controls and Software team! Scrum Leaders are the Lean-Agile leader and team coach responsible for facilitating agile execution within the Scrum team and supporting the delivery of value across Engine & Transmission Controls. This role requires a balance of technical acumen team facilitation and relentless improvement enabling your team to meet delivery goals with high quality and efficiency. Scrum Leaders act as process champions guiding their team to adopt and sustain agile practices eliminate impediments champion quality initiatives and foster a culture of trust ownership and continuous improvement. You will collaborate closely with the Scrum Manager Product Owner ART leadership and cross-functional partners to help the team deliver innovative solutions and maintain technical integrity.

As a Scrum Leader your main responsibilities and deliverables are:

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for scrum teams product content

• Collaborate with the Scrum Manager to create a team culture that encourages a high degree of constructive collaboration healthy relationships and a shared accountability for delivering products with quality and per agreed upon timing commitments.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: iteration planning daily stand-ups iteration reviews and retrospectives.

• Partner with Scrum Manager and Product Owner to align team objectives to ART-level goals for each Program Increment (PI) including unplanned work when necessary

• Drive consistent use of Agile practices including WIP limits Plan-Do-Check-Adjust (PDCA) Innovation & Planning (IP) and feedback loops.

• Coordinate with the RTE to prepare for PI Planning System Demos and Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshops.

• Serve as owner of the teams Kanban board helping visualize and manage team workflow.

• Act as a Servant Leader & Coach

• Support and guide the team in writing well-formed stories with clear acceptance criteria and normalized estimates.

• Promote disciplined engineering practices such as BDD TDD and continuous integration/testing.

• Mentor team members through regular check-ins career coaching and growth opportunities.

• Lead team retrospectives driving closure of improvement actions and fostering a culture of self-reflection and accountability.

• Champion Process & Delivery

  • Identify and eliminate impediments that block team progress; escalate where necessary.

  • Coordinate with cross-scrum teams and departments to resolve dependencies and align objectives.

  • Continuously monitor and improve team KPIs including velocity quality and predictability.

  • Support adherence to the Definition of Done (DoD) and team alignment with Feature Acceptance Criteria.

• Foster a culture of built-in quality and continuous improvement.

• Ensure testing strategies (unit integration system-level) are in place and executed.

• Collaborate with technical leaders to maintain the integrity of controls and diagnostics features.

• Lead efforts to improve story flow reduce defects and build a resilient adaptive team.

• Participate in Scrum of Scrums to share best practices and systemic impediments.

• Actively collaborate with stakeholders across ART Business Owner Program Managers SSLE FSA Calibration and more.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Minimum Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in one of the following disciplines: Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Computer Science Mathematics or Physics.

• Minimum5years of experience in embedded software (C C Python) development. Including:

  • Proven understanding of Agile principles and ability to coach others in their application.

  • Experience leading or facilitating engineering teams through complex software delivery efforts.

  • Strong communication facilitation and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to navigate ambiguity resolve conflict and drive alignment across multiple stakeholders.

• Experience with ICE (gas or diesel) engines (preferably gas).

• High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult

• Demonstrated proficiency in project management skills

• Experienced at planning preparing for and leading meetings

• Effective interpersonal skills that focus and influence others including those which may have priority differences with yours.

• Understanding of Embedded Controls Development & Delivery Process

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and assignments with autonomy and accountability for results

  • Proficient oral and written communication skills

  • Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization as needed

  • Strong partnership and teamwork skills with demonstrated ability to learn from and share knowledge with co-workers in a fast-paced environment

  • High level of integrity ability to deal with ambiguity take initiative/self-directed

  • Evidence of strong character with integrity honesty accountability and trust

  • Consistent demonstration of innovative thinking that is customer-centric

  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink modeling.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Masters degree in a field of Engineering Mathematics or Physics.

• 7-10 years of experience in Engine or Transmission Controls and Software development

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training or certifications.

• Experience in the GM component specification and release process.

• Experience with customer interface technologies.

• Familiarity with GM controls architecture plant modeling MATLAB/Simulink.

• Experience with diagnostics engine and transmission development OBD-II or ASIL standards.

• DFSS Black Belt certification.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a Global environment.

• Experience in plant modeling and analysis tools MIL SIL HIL Testing

Management Level: 7

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