Release Train Engineer (Embedded Systems)

The expectation for this role is to be based in the new Philippine Technology Center at FPIP in Sto. Tomas Batangas.

This is for a hybrid work arrangement, working on-site 3 days a week.

About Us 

The Dyson software team are responsible for all aspects of the product development lifecycle. Our teams support Research & NPI with bringing their new ideas to like as well as the delivery of all the Embedded software inside the products, the Dyson Link Mobile Apps (iOS, Android & WeChat) as well as the Cloud systems which support our analytics, machine learning and data science teams. 

Dyson is moving into new product categories and we are looking to build out a new team to support our ambitions. This team will look at building products based using the Android platform. Over time the team will grow further in the UK, and Singapore. We all come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We believe that teams composed of people from diverse backgrounds are more successful and innovative. 

Our teams have the autonomy to manage their own work using Scrum or Kanban frameworks, each honing their ways of working through regular retrospectives and knowledge sharing. We all share a commitment to creating high-quality code, and engineers choose to follow practices such as pair programming, mobbing, and test-driven development. We also regularly share our knowledge and interests peer-to-peer through ‘community meetings’, which have led to the adoption of new technologies and improved cross-team collaboration.  

We often need to interact with people from different parts of the business, such as mobile app development, cloud development as well as product management. We plan in 5-sprint ‘increments’, based on the best bits of the Scaled Agile Framework. This gives us more visibility of upcoming work while remaining responsive and allows us to collaborate effectively with other teams within our 15,000-person organisation. Our programs also work with some exciting external partners in USA & Asia. 

Mutual trust and respect between team members is important to build a supportive environment where people can do their best work. 

About the Role 

We have a great opportunity for a Release Train Engineer within our Software Team based in the Philippines. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Organize and facilitate SAFe programme activities and ceremonies across the team:- PI Planning day(s), retrospectives, scrum of scrums to ensure teams are aligned and delivery progress is made. 

• Co-ordinate and facilitate key inter- and intra- ART activties:- The RTEs work together with the Scrum Masters to ensure that dependencies, commitments, impediments, risks and synch-ups are identified, tracked, managed and accurately reported on, whether they be intra-ART, cross-ART or with 3rd parties. 

• Help 3rd party teams working on Wearables deliver work against objectives efficiently and effectively. Ensure the team are not blocked from progressing. Work with the RTE's from other ART's and scrum masters to deliver to the Agile Release Train objectives. Be a member of the Scrum Master Community of Practice and contribute to the continual improvement of scrum- agile within the Wearables SW Release Train. 

• Day-to-day work with scrum teams and external development partners to help them remove impediments, coach team members, and help facilitate team agile ceremonies. 

• Challenge and develop best practice and process improvements within software team and across the wider RDD function. 

• Agile champion: - The RTE champions agility and the agile principles both upwards into the wider business and through into their ART. Promote self-managing teams whilst providing the support to enable those teams to work as effectively and efficiently as possible. 

• You will not necessarily have an in-depth understanding of technical aspects, but you will be able to quickly pick-up new concepts and be comfortable with portraying technical information. 

• Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines, including test engineers, product owners, Scrum Masters, UX/UI designers and software engineers from both internal & external teams. 

• Clarification and refinement of user stories and non-functional requirements with the wider Team 

About You 

• Software development experience in requirement analysis, architecture, design, coding and testing of software system. 

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in Scrum Master, experience in Agile delivery, ideally for multiple teams. 

• Ability to coach, empower and lead teams to self-organisation. 

• Demonstrable experience of driving continual improvement. 

• Demonstrable experience of identifying and resolving team impediments. 

• We expect excellent technical leadership skills and the ability to influence the work of others. 

• Comfortable engaging with multiple stakeholders. 

• Good understanding of software development life cycles (Agile) and basic electronics hardware (interface to software systems). 

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal); fluent in spoken and written English Independent and reliable. 

• Able to work with others within and across scrum teams, to ensure that the whole project team succeeds in its goals. 

Behaviours: 

• Clear focus and drive for quality & perfection – you’ll be able to find and maintain focus and priority in a rapidly evolving environment. 

• Curious, inventive and creative - be prepared to solve tough problems and look beyond convention. 

• Effective communicator - concise and timely communication, managing facts and emotion 

• Global collaborator - open minded to ideas from other perspectives 

• Resilient - prepared to be challenged and thrive in change 

We would love it if you also had: 

• Preferable an experienced Release Train Engineer with SAFe Release Train Engineer certification. 

• Certified Scrum Master 

• Experience in usage of the Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, bitbucket). 

• Experience with Android, Linux, C / C++, UML, Python. 

• A passion for Android, Apps, Data, IoT & software which makes people’s lives better 

• Knowledge of Android, Embedded Linux or Realtime operating systems 

Benefits

We combine work life balance, access to the latest devices, and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit. It’s an exciting team environment geared to fuelling and realizing ambition.

At Dyson Philippines, we invest in our people through a package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits, to support whatever stage of life you are in and the moments that matter. Some of our exciting benefits offerings as follow:

• 15  days of annual leave
• 15 days of paid sick leave
• 5 days of study leave
• Opportunity to be an owner of a Dyson machine
• Relocation support
• Company paid life insurance for employees from day one
• Company paid HMO from day one including eligible dependents
• My Flexi Benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme for employees and dependents
• Complimentary lunch
• On-site gym, sports centre and basketball court at new Dyson campus 
• Complimentary on-site medical clinic services
• On site mini grocery store
• Free bus shuttle from and to common locations

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.