Scrum Manager - Suspension Controls

설명

Work Arrangement: 

Hybrid: 

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford, Michigan three times per week, at minimum. 

Our Mission: 

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.   

Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale. 

About VMEC:

The Vehicle Motion and Embedded Controls (VMEC) organization is at the center of technologies that enable every GM vehicle to move, turn, change height, and stop.  VMEC is responsible for the development and deployment of complex, physics based embedded controls and software products specific to propulsion and chassis control systems.  These controls and software products support cutting edge features, such as Suspension Ride Height, Damping, Steering, Braking, and Holistic Vehicle Motion Control.  We are moving fast to design, build, and deliver engaging and meaningful in-vehicle experiences! You can flex your teamwork muscles as you will be tasked with working with several other areas of engineering and the business.

Why Work For VMEC:

We do cool stuff! We are passionate about building high quality systems that solve complex problems on an extensive scale. Our team is inclusive, made up of forward-thinking engineers who enjoy working together to develop innovative solutions in an environment where new ideas and unique perspectives are embraced. Our business is fast paced and constantly evolving to provide new features and capabilities to market, while conforming to global regulations. We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with passion and expertise in Controls and Software to lead technical teams within our Suspension Controls and Software department.  This role will enable you to have a direct impact on current and future GM vehicles.

The Role:

As a Scrum Manger in Suspension Controls, you will lead an agile scrum team that is responsible for the analysis, design, coding, and testing of Suspension Controls features such as Ride Height, Damping, and Off-Road features.  As a Scrum Manager, you are responsible for maximizing the value of the output of the agile scrum team, serving as the customer proxy, and ensuring the team understands and implements solution intent within the business context all while ensuring that software is delivered with world class quality.  In the role of Scrum Manager, you will be collaborating with several other areas of engineering and the business (Engineering Stakeholders, Customers, and the Product Teams) to define, scope, and breakdown technical solutions into work items for the team. This role requires a high level of technical and innovative leadership.  The selected candidates will lead the development of controls and diagnostics within an agile environment, using appropriate common methods for VMEC features and lead the growth in capability of controls and diagnostic methods to launch General Motors to the forefront of technology in the Suspension space. 

As a Scrum Manager, your main responsibilities and deliverables are:

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for scrum team’s product content

• Create, refine, maintain and prioritize the team backlog

• Accept or reject the scrum team’s work results at each Sprint Review meeting

• Collaborate with the Suspension Agile Release Train (ART) Program Management Team to refine the Program Vision, Roadmap and Program Backlog for the ART

• Collaborate with System Architect to determine enablers and coordinate rollout of enablers

• Coordinate dependencies with other Scrum Managers when deliverables are dependent on other teams for completion

• Communicate cross functionally both internally and externally to gain alignment with stakeholder, customers, and development partners.  This includes partnering with Calibration teams to ensure that planned controls and software meet vehicle level performance requirements.

• Be the customer voice to the Agile Team.  Provide the team with clear information on whom the current and potential customers are, as well as the how, why, when, and with whom they use the product.

• Ensure the technical integrity of the product is maintained and enables the solution to address program priorities by addressing anomalies and other quality concerns in a timely manner

• Define clear acceptance criteria and determine demo/sprint schedule to prove out

• Ensure engineering records are complete and stored appropriately

• Work closely with Scrum Leader to ascertain team capacity

• Translate product and feature strategy into User Stories, assisting Scrum Team 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)

• Participate in BDD Behavioral Test Spec Triad discussions for applicable Solutions

• Provide guidance for System Demonstration Strategy during Story creation (unit, integration and system level test strategy)

• Verify Stories are testable and can be used to generate testing objectives

• Ensure verification 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 (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 ensure quality, providing feedback to team and improving team processes

• Ensure 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, ART Synchronizations

• Provide guidance and coaching to Scrum Team members

• Perform other related duties as assigned

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

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

• 5+ years of experience in controls system development. Including:

  • Control system integration and testing of hardware and software.

  • Vehicle electrical systems and serial data communications architectures.

  • System, software, and hardware requirements development and validation.

  • Change management

• 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

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications): 

• Master’s degree in a field of Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.

• 8+ years of experience in vehicle chassis controls system development.

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training or certifications.

• Experience in the GM component specification and release process.

• Experience with customer interface technologies.

• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics and electronic chassis systems.

• Knowledge of OBD-II diagnostics.

• Knowledge of automotive safety integrity levels (ASIL).

• DFSS Black Belt certification.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a Global environment.

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

The selected candidate will be required to travel <15% for this role.

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선발된 지원자는 이 직무를 위해 25% 미만의 출장을 다녀야 합니다.

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