Senior Requirements Engineer

About the role

You will own sole development and direction of User Needs and User Stories, in an Agile environment with iterative sprint cycles. You ensure end to end requirements traceability to software test cases. Your strong written and verbal communication skills will drive and direct the team. You enjoy collaborating with team members, sharing your knowledge, and continuously improving your craft. The opportunity to use your aptitude in the delivery of high-quality products in short timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own sole development and direction of User Needs and User Stories, in an Agile environment with iterative sprint cycles
• Ensure end to end requirements traceability to software test cases
• Drive and direct the team through strong written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborate with team members, share knowledge, and continuously improve craft
• Deliver high-quality products in short timelines
• Articulate the software development life cycle and explain it effectively
• Have an outgoing personality with the drive to solve problems, contribute to intelligent discussions, and love a challenge
• Have a vast background of commercial product (software) development implementation
• Train and mentor junior requirement engineers on best practices and lead new initiatives

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in documenting requirements
• 3+ years working in an Agile environment, with demonstrated ability to clearly articulate User Stories and Conditions of Satisfaction to development teams
• Experience with mobile solutions and web-based software development
• Ability to elicit, create, and analyze functional and non-functional requirements
• Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
• Experience presenting detail summaries of progress and updates to software applications
• Ability to facilitate and drive group discussions to build a shared understanding of software requirements
• Ability to foster solid working relationships with senior level management and subject matter experts inside and outside of the organization
• Experience working within teams that include offshore team members
• Experience using Team Foundation Server for Agile Software Development and work item tracking
• Propensity to mentor staff on functional expertise and provide peer reviews of deliverables for other product lines
• Exposure to Health Care or medical device/technology product management
• Confidence in requirement knowledge to help lead change and implement new strategies company wide

Qualifications

• Proficient understanding of the software development life cycle and ability to articulate it
• Outgoing personality with the drive to solve problems, contribute to intelligent discussions, and love a challenge
• Vast background of commercial product (software) development implementation
• Experience in training and mentoring junior requirement engineers on best practices and leading new initiatives

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to elicit, create, and analyze functional and non-functional requirements
• Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
• Ability to facilitate and drive group discussions to build a shared understanding of software requirements
• Ability to foster solid working relationships with senior level management and subject matter experts inside and outside of the organization
• Experience working within teams that include offshore team members
• Experience using Team Foundation Server for Agile Software Development and work item tracking
• Propensity to mentor staff on functional expertise and provide peer reviews of deliverables for other product lines
• Exposure to Health Care or medical device/technology product management
• Confidence in requirement knowledge to help lead change and implement new strategies company wide

Benefits

• Opportunity to use your aptitude in the delivery of high-quality products in short timelines
• Training and mentoring junior requirement engineers on best practices and leading new initiatives

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

6+ Months

Weekly 40.00 Hours [Mon - Fri]