WS Audiology

Formed in 2019 through the merger of Sivantos and Widex, WS Audiology combines over 140 years of experience in pioneering better solutions to help people with hearing loss. With a passion for impact, our 11.000 employees are committed to achieving our purpose: wonderful sound for all. 

With brands like Signia, Widex, Audio Service, Rexton and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 125 markets. Going beyond together, we achieve annual revenues of around EUR 2 billion.

As a global leader, our ambition is to unlock human potential by making wonderful sound part of everyone’s life.

Learn about us on www.wsa.com and take a look at why you will love working here:

The Team

The eSW team is responsible for the software infrastructure of the hearing aid and for the streaming to external devices, e.g. iPhone and Android phones. eSW is working in a scaled agile development environment with scrum teams across multiple international sites and we are using contemporary technologies, including C/C++/Python and we have a DevOps culture in the DNA of our teams.

The Role

Become part of our team as Senior SCRUM Master (m/f/d) - Embedded Software Development in Erlangen and join our Embedded Software development team, working on our hearing instrument firmware. We are more than 40 people including eSW developers, architects, requirement engineers and project managers, organized in SCRUM teams.

We develop under challenging, but exciting conditions. Our system is tiny, has strict battery constraints, as well as resource limitations. On the other hand, the feature set and system complexity are steadily growing.

You will report to our Team Lead eSW.

In this role you will have the following responsibilities:

• Full time SCRUM master for two embedded SW development SCRUM teams
• Coach the teams in agile process, improve agile way of working
• Develop the teams level of self-organization, ownership, and culture, following agile principles
• Facilitate and support SCRUM ceremonies (e.g. Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective)
• Work with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role

Requirements

You most likely fit the following profile:

• University degree in computer science, electrical/electronic engineering, medical engineering, or any other relevant discipline
• At least 5 years of working experience as a SCRUM Master 
• Wide toolbox of methods to help teams to perform
• Experience in SAFe or similar scaled agile framework
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• SCRUM Master certification, i.e. SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, CSM, PSM, or similar
• Experience with cross site, international teams would be an added advantage
• Experience with Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure DevOps Server would be an added advantage
• Embedded Software development experience is an advantage

Our corporate language is English, so you need to be confident in English, both verbally and in writing.

What we offer 

We are driven by innovation and development so working with us is a constant learning curve. You will be located in our site in Erlangen, Germany with dynamic and progressive colleagues, who are highly skilled and empathetic. 

We offer flexible working times & opportunities for working from home. You can always get free coffee at the office. We are part of the IG Metall tariff agreement offering attractive compensation and futher benefits like contributions to the company pension plan or child-care.

Join WS Audiology

If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, please submit your application stating your earliest starting date and your salary expectations and we will get back to you as soon as possible.