Release Planner & FRCB Champion at Softworld Inc
Scottsdale, AZ
About the Job
Job Title: Release Planner & FRCB Champion
Job Location: Scottsdale AZ 85257
Onsite Requirements:
- Release Planner
- Validation or Verification
- DOD, Aerospace or Defense experience
Job Description:
Role And Position Objectives:
- As a Release Planner and FRCB (Failure Review Control Board) Champion on MUOS, you'll work with a cross functional team responsible for oversight of the development and test planning activities for a satellite communications systems release.
- Activities and tasks include:
- Participating in the development of specific current release content objectives as part of a longer-term Increment Planning activity
- Understanding the release content objective impacts on each of the contributing development teams
- Developing a high-level understanding of system functionality to validate and communicate impacts to Configuration Items
- Setting up milestones, determine communication plan and top-level release development schedule
- Overseeing the execution of the development and testing of a release across the multiple contributing teams by coordinating, progress tracking, cross-team communication
- Ensuring development schedules align for efficient use of system level lab testing / integration resources
- Working with other System Engineers to ensure alignment and adequacy of test planning to help guarantee smooth System Test entry and execution
- Interacting with program management and development leads to coordinate, negotiate, and update priorities as needed
- Tracking and drive resolution when teams are running into progress issues or aren't communicating effectively
- Communicating release development status in monthly reviews
- Communicating release content scope with deployment team and support their planning activities
- Helping identifies process holes for lessons-learned improvement opportunities
What sets you apart:
- Track record for successfully planning, testing and releasing large software releases on schedule
- Experience setting up milestones, determine communication plan and top-level release development schedule
- Creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop solutions
- Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success
- Experience running internal and customer Failure Review Control Board (FRCB) meetings
- Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others