Staff Specialist - Release Train Engineer

What you Will Do

• ART Facilitation & Execution
• Serve as the chief Scrum Master for the ART, ensuring consistent cadence, alignment, and flow of 5 to 15 teams (50 to 125 people)
• Facilitate key ART ceremonies: PI Planning, ART Syncs (Scrum of Scrums & PO Sync), System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Work closely with Product Management, System Architects, and Brand Owners to define and track PI Objectives.
• Drive dependency management and risk visibility across brand and platform teams.
• Partner with the System Team to maintain integration readiness, continuous testing, and system demo preparation.
• Lean-Agile Leadership
• Coach teams and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices and SAFe principles.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, flow optimization, and transparency.
• Identify bottlenecks in delivery flow and lead resolution through collaboration, not command.
• Guide ART metrics: predictability, velocity, flow efficiency, PI objective achievement, and defect trends.
• Cross-Brand and Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Coordinate across multiple ARTs (e.g., JBL, B&W, h/k) to align shared teams and dependencies.
• Collaborate with Cross-Brand Team Leaders and the System Architect to synchronize technical and validation deliverables.
• Ensure shared assets such as DSP frameworks, HIL/VIL platforms, and compliance pipelines are integrated across brand initiatives.
• Integrate ASPICE, ISO 26262, and cybersecurity compliance activities into ART backlogs via enabler stories.
• Support PI and Program-level reporting for OEM milestones and management reviews.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the primary communication hub between ART teams and stakeholders.
• Provide transparency through clear, data-driven reporting and visual management (Program Boards, PI Metrics).
• Align ART priorities with business goals set by Brand Owners and Portfolio Management.
• Authorities
• Define Sprint and Release cadence and synchronization
• Accountabilities
• PI Planning event orchestration
• Concept freeze and approval (technical sections).
• Cross-brand alignment and minimal integration delays.
• Compliance activities integrated into ART cadence without delaying delivery.
• Positive feedback from Product Management, Brand Owners, and OEM stakeholders.
• Success Measures (KPIs)
• ART predictability, with PI objectives consistently met.
• Dependency resolution
• I&A improvement actions
• Flow metrics
• Improved cross-brand alignment and fewer integration delays.

What You Need to Be Successful

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What Makes You Eligible

What We Offer

• Access to employee discounts on world class HARMAN/Samsung products (BRAND, Harman Kardon, AKG etc.)
• Inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities.
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
• On-site opportunities to focus on personal well-being and development such as, onsite café, fitness center, weekly massage, fitness classes, and other onsite events promoted by our employee resource groups.
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies.
• Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• Scholarship programs for employee family members.
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• HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.