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ID #20059001
State California
City Paloalto
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source MAXAR Technologies
Showed 2021-09-22
Date 2021-09-21
Deadline 2021-11-19
Category Architect/engineer/CAD
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Scrum Master

California, Paloalto, 94301 Paloalto USA

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Maxar is currently seeking an experienced Scrum Master to join our Satellite Program Delivery (SPD) Program Engineering group in Palo Alto, CA.

Life with Us

Your Project : Within Maxar's Satellite Programs Delivery (SPD) organization, we design, build and control spacecraft. You will be part of a team that has designed, built and launched hundreds of spacecraft. The role of the scrum master is to build the cross-functional team that works as part of the team-of-teams within a program. You will facilitate the Scrum ceremonies within your own team, as well as with the other teams in the program. The scrum master will interact with program manager, lead design engineers, and various design stakeholders with a focus on spacecraft hardware design & development. At program level we will be using a tailored version the Scaled Agile framework, and as a scrum master you will participate and possibly lead events in this framework. If your passion is to work with teams in a collaborative role with complex hardware products: contact us!

Your Responsibilities and Activities:
  • Team building: coach and support continuous improvement within the team, where your team members will have a broad mix of spacecraft design and development engineering skills.
  • Facilitate effective Scrum ceremonies (Release and Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement and Daily Scrums).
  • Maintain transparency into the team's work and provide metrics on team activities.
  • Support the engineers on your team in a broad sense, enabling them to do their best work. Initiate and monitor the removal of impediments. Help identify and mitigate any external dependency risks in development.
  • Lead collaborations to find root causes to problems, you'll be a good facilitator both on-line as well as in-person. These discussions will occur both within your team as well as with other teams.
  • Assist with the implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework into a traditional Aerospace development culture and set of methodologies

Minimum Requirements:
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain US Government security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, or related field. Four years of additional experience may be substituted for a degree.
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in a technical product organization.
  • Thorough understanding and experience of Scrum and Agile principles, values, and practices.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification.
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
  • Knowledge of system engineering practices, model based systems engineering is a big plus.
  • Aerospace experience
  • Experience with working in an environment delivering to government agencies.
  • Experience working with agile project management tools. Jira Software would be a plus.
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience and knowledge.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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