Release Planner

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