Scrum Master Job at GD Land Systems, Sterling Heights, MI

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  • GD Land Systems
  • Sterling Heights, MI

Job Description

Responsibilities for this Position


Scrum Master

Job Description

About the Role:

The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating the Scrum process, coaching the team, and removing obstacles so the team can deliver on-time feature delivery in support of General Dynamics vehicle electronic systems.

Company Information

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

Onsite: Due to the nature of the work, this role is required to be onsite.

What We Offer:

Starting your career or you are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.

  • Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
  • competitive base pay, incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
  • 401k Match (6%)
  • Educational Assistance
  • 9-80 Work Schedule (This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.)
  • On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment.
  • Onsite Cafeteria, remodeled with new equipment Fitness Center, and Outdoor fitness track

Responsibilities to Anticipate for this role:

  • Guides the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
  • Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement. Employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
  • Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
  • Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicate effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
  • Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
  • Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
  • Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
  • Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
  • Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
  • Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives.
  • Work closely with the Program Owner and RTE on backlog refinement and prioritization.
  • Monitor sprint progress, team performance, and delivery metrics.
  • Provide clear, concise updates to leadership and stakeholders.
  • Helps maintain project timelines and identify risks.
  • Experience with safety critical systems or real time systems is desirable
  • Experience working with Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure, DevSecOps)
  • Experience with Agile, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment concepts.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications / What you must have

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering required.
  • 5-7 years project development experience.
  • 2 years Scrum Master experience
  • Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, etc.)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite applications

Additional Information / Desired Experience

This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance)

This position will require the candidate to be able to climb on/off, work in, and work around military vehicles is desired. Must be able to pass ASR test (Anthropometric Size Requirement for confined space)

  • Be a self-starter and working in a fast-paced environment.
  • The candidate will need to have strong written and oral communication skills and able to work with all levels of the organization and across functions.
  • Organization will be essential due the volume of tasks and projects and being able to align with tight deadlines and lead times.
  • Work environment will consist of prototype shop, laboratory, manufacturing, and office.
  • Able to work overtime when required.
  • Able to bring continuous improvement processes and methodologies to the position. Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills is required. Works well in team and individually.
  • Candidate must have excellent communication skills.
  • Previous experience working on ground combat Vehicles desired.

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.

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Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Local area, Monday to Thursday

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