Release Train Engineer
Summary
Rasulson Consulting is hiring a SAFe Release Train Engineer for an automotive-industry client in Stockholm. The role leads a large Agile Release Train: facilitating PI Planning and ART Syncs, coordinating cross-team dependencies and risks, coaching Lean-Agile practices, and driving continuous improvement with tools like Jira and Azure DevOps.
Release Train Engineer (SAFe) – Automotive
About the role
Our client, a company within the automotive industry, is looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer to lead and coordinate a large-scale Agile Release Train in a complex development environment. As servant leader and facilitator, you will ensure collaboration, alignment and delivery across multiple cross-functional teams, stakeholders and technical domains, and help create predictability, transparency and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, ART Syncs and other SAFe ceremonies
- Coordinate dependencies, risks and impediments across teams
- Work closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Engineering Managers and business stakeholders to connect strategic objectives with execution
- Coach teams and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices
- Support the achievement of Program Increment objectives and drive continuous improvement across the ART
- Monitor and improve performance through metrics on predictability, flow, quality and lead time
- Foster an environment where engineering, product and business functions collaborate effectively
Required skills and experience
- Proven experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach or Program Manager
- Strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean-Agile principles and large-scale agile delivery
- Background from automotive, manufacturing, embedded software or other complex engineering environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience facilitating large planning events and coordinating multiple development teams
- Strong leadership skills with a servant leadership mindset
- SAFe RTE certification (highly desirable)
Meriting experience
- Automotive R&D, connected vehicles, embedded systems, digital products or software-intensive product development
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Kendis, Miro or similar collaboration and planning tools
- Experience in global and distributed development organizations
- Experience from transformation initiatives within large-scale Agile frameworks