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Software Engineering Business Analyst - Marine at Garmin International

Posted in Engineering 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Olathe, Kansas





Job Description:

GPS Manufacturer/Distributor

Our Marine product development team in Kansas City is hiring a Senior Engineering Business Analyst for our Marine App team. In this role, you would gather, document and effectively communicate user requirements for large to very large size projects of high complexity for products across multiple strategic channels, with multiple disparate stakeholders. In addition, the analyst would serve as functional Product Owner, working with enterprise stakeholders to drive application/technology solutions and related business processes on a global scale. 

Additional job responsibilities include: 


  • Manage user requirements for large to very large size projects of high complexity for products across multiple strategic channels, with multiple disparate stakeholders.

  • Serve as the functional product owner, working with enterprise stakeholders to drive application/technology solutions and related business processes 

  • Partner with enterprise stakeholders to determine strategic channels road map

  • Understand and communicate business impact of issues and how they relate to Engineering owned solutions

  • Actively encourage collaboration and professionalism in a team environment with other Garmin associates to achieve goals 

  • Actively implement continuous improvement on an enterprise level for business processes and Engineering business analysis processes 

  • Proactively identify and contribute to the resolution of ancillary discrepancies and conflicts between interdepartmental applications and strategic channels on an enterprise level

  • Manage reconciliation and drive consensus regarding business tactical and strategic direction

  • Seen as the go-to subject matter expert for application/technology solution and related business processes within the enterprise.

  • Make substantial contributions to determining feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives 

  • Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems including evaluation of new technologies to improve existing functions 

  • Demonstrates broad understanding of Garmin’s business model including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing

  • Gives and receives feedback in a constructive manner

    Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or another relevant field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.


    • Must be available for overseas travel to Europe at least 4 times per year.

    • Outstanding academics (minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA as a general rule)

    • Must have experience writing use cases, user stories and creating flow charts 

    • Demonstrates mastery of business analysis principles and methodologies and ability to apply and adapt them into requirements which meet business needs

    • Demonstrated facilitation and leadership expertise in the development of product/concept development plans 

    • Proven track record in successfully executing projects of any scale or complexity 

    • Demonstrates advanced understanding of production and operations issues as they relate to engineering project management, including the ability to successfully identify and mitigate risks

    • Must demonstrate superior analytical skills including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements

    • Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a cross-functional setting with business partners Participates in continuing business analysis education courses

    • Demonstrates ability to work independently with a high degree of competency 

    • Must be able to work with remote offices and willing to travel to remote offices as required

    Desirable Qualifications


    • Agile/Scrum methodology experience and/or training

    • Knowledge of human factors in UX design

    • International communications experience

    • Experience with JIRA or Azure DevOps

    • Experience writing basic SQL queries

    • Experience with creating Power BI reports

    • Experience with flurry, google firebase or google analytics  

    • Experience using Postman and writing JSON 

    Relocation assistance is available.


    Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability. 





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