Release Train Engineer
Rasulson Consulting AB · Stockholm · 6 månader – upp till 12 månader · Deadline 2026-11-07
Rasulson Consulting AB is recruiting a **Release Train Engineer** on behalf of a client within the automotive industry. Acting as a servant leader and facilitator, the engineer leads and coordinates a large-scale Agile Release Train across multiple cross-functional teams, technical domains, and stakeholders in a complex development environment. Key responsibilities include facilitating SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and ART Syncs, managing dependencies and risks, and coaching teams in Lean-Agile practices. The role also involves collaborating closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, and Engineering Managers to align strategic objectives with execution while **optimizing flow and delivery metrics** across the development lifecycle. Candidates must have proven experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Program Manager, alongside strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean-Agile principles, and large-scale agile delivery. A background in automotive, manufacturing, embedded software, or another **complex engineering environment** is required, as are strong leadership capabilities and experience facilitating large planning events across multiple development teams. A SAFe RTE certification is highly desirable. Additional meriting qualifications include experience in automotive R&D, connected vehicles, embedded systems, global distributed organizations, Agile transformations, and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Kendis, or Miro.
Release Train Engineer (SAFe) – Automotive
About the role
Our client, a company within the automotive industry, is looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer to lead and coordinate a large-scale Agile Release Train in a complex development environment. As servant leader and facilitator, you will ensure collaboration, alignment and delivery across multiple cross-functional teams, stakeholders and technical domains, and help create predictability, transparency and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, ART Syncs and other SAFe ceremonies
- Coordinate dependencies, risks and impediments across teams
- Work closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Engineering Managers and business stakeholders to connect strategic objectives with execution
- Coach teams and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices
- Support the achievement of Program Increment objectives and drive continuous improvement across the ART
- Monitor and improve performance through metrics on predictability, flow, quality and lead time
- Foster an environment where engineering, product and business functions collaborate effectively
Required skills and experience
- Proven experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach or Program Manager
- Strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean-Agile principles and large-scale agile delivery
- Background from automotive, manufacturing, embedded software or other complex engineering environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience facilitating large planning events and coordinating multiple development teams
- Strong leadership skills with a servant leadership mindset
- SAFe RTE certification (highly desirable)
Meriting experience
- Automotive R&D, connected vehicles, embedded systems, digital products or software-intensive product development
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Kendis, Miro or similar collaboration and planning tools
- Experience in global and distributed development organizations
- Experience from transformation initiatives within large-scale Agile frameworks