IBM Rational Team Concert Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used IBM Rational Team Concert
Jonathan M.
Last position:
On-Site Coordinator at Freelance
- Customer interface and relationship management
- Requirements management and work coordination
- Technical and functional support focusing on automotive Ethernet
Karlheinz W.
Last position:
Head of Systems Engineering ad Interim at Supplier of military energy systems
- Managing the Systems Engineering department with more than 30 employees in 3 teams
- Providing operational support in defining and implementing SE processes
- Analyzing existing approaches and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Planning resources and determining future staffing needs
- Preparing process and role descriptions
- Coordinating cooperation with other departments
- Planning and coordinating employee training (MBSE, RE, DOORS)
- Systematically developing objectives and templates for implementing efficient Requirement-Based Systems Engineering for new development projects
- Building and maintaining model structures in DOORS
- Creating the requirements management plan and user documentation
- Implementing special approaches using DXL
- Environment and applications: DOORS, Excel, Power BI
Gildas D.
Last position:
System Team Lead Diagnostics – Hybrid & Electric Drives (HEV/MHEV/PHEV) for Transmission and Engine (NA/SA) at Stellantis e-transmission
- Technical lead of diagnostics activities for eDCT transmissions and drive systems in the area of hybrid (HEV), mild-hybrid (MHEV), and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV)
- Responsibility for the development and validation of DTC strategies (OBD / EOBD) for markets in North and South America and the EU
- Coordination between interdisciplinary teams (system development, software, safety, calibration, after-sales)
- Creation and maintenance of diagnostic specifications (DID, DTC matrix, snapshot, freeze frame) according to STLA standards
- Support with troubleshooting, validation tests, EOL processes, and internal audits
- Technical interface to suppliers (Bosch, Valeo, etc.) in the area of actuators, sensors, and electric pumps
- Creation of diagnostic RFQ
Parthiban M.
Last position:
Quality Assurance Engineer at Hanon Systems GmbH
Define the QA strategy and plan for the above mentioned OEMs project.
Identify applicable processes, methods, and standards to be followed (eg, GS_95014, KGAS, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, etc.).
Plan reviews, audits, and assessments as per the strategy.
Check whether the project follows defined processes (System, software, mechanical, hardware, testing, change, configuration, problem, risk etc.) as per strategy.
Provide QA support to software process: software requirement analysis, software architectural design, software detailed design and unit construction, software unit verification, software component verification and integration verification, software verification processes.
Monitor compliance with organization-wide and project-specific standards.
Verify that deviations are documented and escalated.
Review work products (requirements, design docs, test cases, code, reports (MISRA, C0, C1, coding standards), etc.).
Check compliance with standards, templates, and checklists.
Ensure that bi-directional traceability exists (e.g., requirements ↔ design ↔ tests).
Give objective evidence (not influenced by delivery pressure) during assessments.
Identify non-conformances (process not followed, missing approvals, wrong standard).
Report deviations and track them until closure.
Verify that corrective actions are implemented (5why, Ishikawa, 8D, FMEA, FTA, DFM, DRP, PCC, LLBP, PDCA).
Provide QA status reports to management and project stakeholders.
Highlight risks related to process non-compliance.
Deliver objective evidence for assessments/audits (e.g., ASPICE, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, ISO_PAS_8800).
Collect and analyze QA findings.
Suggest process improvements.
Support lessons learned activities.
Achieved ASPICE Level 1 and Level 2 for multiple Audi and Mercedes-Benz projects assessments.
Stephan P.
Last position:
Senior Embedded SW-Architect at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
- Collaboration with MB (Sindelfingen), NVIDIA (Santa Clara), MBRDI (Bangalore)
- Structure and signal modelling in Rhapsody
- Architectural decision records and requirement reviews
- Technologies: Confluence, Rhapsody, JIRA, DNG, Jama, Slack, GitLab, AWS CDW, Bazel, Docker, QNX
Ronald T.
Last position:
Product Owner at Dataport AöR
- Setting up and growing the business unit
- Stakeholder management
- Conducting and facilitating workshops to gather requirements
- Requirements analysis and solution design
- Backlog management
- Project planning and management
- Resource planning
Jiri S.
Last position:
Quality Manager/Test Management at Noriba GmbH
- Test concept creation
- Creation of test processes
- Coordination of TC development: stress tests, functional tests, performance tests, high data rate tests, integration tests, etc.
- HW testing: FPGA, RF
- Test automation and regression tests
- Ensuring 24/7 operation of the test system
- Analysis & reporting
- Regular coordination of the test team, meetings with other stakeholders
- Communication and coordination with stakeholders and the project manager
Jigar P.
Last position:
Professional Freelancer at DuGi GmbH
- Managing projects of around 500 PDs
- Allocating and planning resources for the project tasks
- Technical Architect for Trade Enrichment System (TESYS)
- Application performance optimization & process optimization
- Acting as a bridge between business analysts team, software development team, IT support team, testing & release team
- Infrastructure migration and optimization
- Handling L3 support of TESYS application
- Analyzing and producing RCAs for P1 & P2 issues for TESYS application
- Preparing technical specifications, performing code review, performing TD review, conducting technical review meetings, maintaining project documents in RTC, conducting knowledge sharing sessions within offshore team
- Interaction with users & BA for requirements
- Work orders tracking
- Escalation management
- Environment / Platform: Java/J2EE, Spring, Eclipse, Tomcat, WAS, Oracle 10g/11g, DB2, COBOL, SVN, CVS, RTC, ICS, WebMethods, Jenkins, Sonar, MQ Series
Thomas A.
Last position:
Interim Management at Vincorion Power Systems GmbH
- Process and project management to optimize products and development processes for energy systems
- Technical risk management
- Requirements engineering and system architecture
- System FMEA of power generator units and energy storage modules aiming for generic structures
- Claims management according to Section 313 of the German Civil Code
- Regulatory environment: military and NATO standards, AQAP, VG norms
Thorsten G.
Last position:
Freelance Software Developer at Insurance company, Munich, Germany
- Implemented modernization measures to optimize processes in the insurance domain
- Replaced old interfaces with newer APIs
- Merged several smaller solutions into one main solution to improve builds and increase efficiency in the development process
- Replaced the persistence solution in the backend from Telerik to NHibernate
- Created unit tests to secure the code
Isa G.
Last position:
SAP Test Lead Europe at Daiichi Sankyo
- Transformation project to S/4HANA
- Test management and coordination of functional tests for SAP
- Preparation and support of tests (SIT 1+2, MOCK 1+2, UAT) as part of the SAP S/4HANA rollout (SD, MM, FI/CO, MD)
- Creation of test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure system quality
- Monitoring and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) as well as ensuring the timely delivery of agreed performance indicators
- Coordination of the approach with test managers from other regions (US, JP)
- Planning of European test activities in the SAP implementation project in cooperation with test managers from the supplier
- Coordination of interdisciplinary business and technical test teams in Europe
- Business collaboration with global implementation partners
- Use of Tricentis qTest and ValGenesis as test management tools (for validation-relevant processes)
- Training functional consultants in testing and test tools
- Creation and evaluation of change requests, including effort estimation, prioritization, and tracking
- Reporting on test progress
Juri S.
Last position:
Software Development at Banking Environment
- Extension of an existing application with new customer requirements.
- AlmaLinux, Ubuntu; C, gcc; Oracle;
- Socket/TCP communication.
- CLion, Eclipse
- Git
Patrick J.
Last position:
Functional Safety Manager in Platform E³ 1.2 at Cariad SE
- Coordination of sub-suppliers
- Release planning
- Ensuring ISO26262 compliance
- Ensuring meeting project milestones
- Assessment planning, tracking, and review of FuSI work products
- Tools: Jira/Confluence: activity tracking/documentation, cPlace FuSi: Functional Safety Management, GroupDMS: configuration management, DOORS: requirements engineering, Stages: process management
Rüdiger S.
Last position:
Consultant for Functional Safety: I3 Confirmation Reviews according to ISO 26262:2018 at VW
Conducting I3 confirmation reviews for all work products at the item (system) level that require I3 review, according to ISO 26262:2018: impact analysis, safety plan, functional safety concept, technical safety concept, FMEA, FTA, DFA, integration and test strategy, safety validation specification, safety case
Creating/updating review criteria for I3/I2 confirmation reviews of all work products based on ISO 26262:2018
Discussing findings with specialist departments as needed
Coordinating findings and review criteria with the responsible customer department
Training new internal employees in performing I3 confirmation reviews
ISO 26262
Requirements Analysis
Failure Analysis (FTA, FMEA, DFA)
Microsoft Office
Jira
Confluence DevStack
Document Management System (DMS)
Naceur G.
Last position:
Project Lead Electronic at OP Mobility
- Leading and supporting electronic tail light projects up to SOP
- Coordinating the different departments (HW, SW, testing, quality, validation, and production) according to customer milestones and ASPICE processes
- Main point of contact for the customer during the project phase (deadlines, requirements, change requests, sample deliveries, bug fixes, escalations)
- Tracking suppliers and coordinating prototype production up to series production
- Regular reporting of project status and risks to the customer and management
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Statistics of experts using IBM Rational Team Concert
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Automotive, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
77%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using IBM Rational Team Concert
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
IBM Rational Team Concert experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Automotive (80%)
- Manufacturing (73%)
- Information Technology (47%)
- Telecommunication (47%)
- Aerospace and Defense (40%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
- Insurance (27%)
- Energy (20%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What IBM Rational Team Concert does
IBM Rational Team Concert, commonly called RTC, is a collaborative application lifecycle management tool for planning, tracking and delivering software. It brings work items, source control, builds, releases and team communication into one governed environment. It is used where traceability and structured delivery matter.
Core capabilities
RTC supports agile and hybrid delivery models through configurable work items, backlogs, plans, iterations and approvals. Teams can link requirements to tasks, changesets, builds and defects, creating a clear record from planning through release. Access rules and project areas help control how teams work.
Ecosystem and tooling
The platform connects with IBM Rational tools and the wider IBM Engineering portfolio, including Requirements Management, Quality Management and Engineering Workflow Management. Specialists often work with Jazz-based services, Rational Team Concert source control, Git integrations, build engines and reporting. They may also handle migration from older Rational environments.
Typical project work
- Configure project areas, roles, permissions and workflow states
- Design backlogs, release plans, iterations and approval paths
- Link requirements, work items, code changes, builds and defects
- Integrate Git, build automation and quality processes
- Migrate data from legacy Rational or other ALM systems
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance RTC expertise when a rollout needs a sound operating model, when inherited workflows have become difficult to maintain, or when delivery data lacks traceability. In Germany, specialists may support distributed teams across manufacturing, automotive, finance and regulated environments, combining remote configuration with on-site workshops when useful.
What strong professionals bring
A strong specialist understands more than screens and configuration. They can translate delivery policies into practical workflows, protect data and permissions, automate repeatable tasks, and explain trade-offs to product, quality and compliance teams. Look for evidence of successful integrations, migrations, reporting improvements and clear stakeholder communication.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about IBM Rational Team Concert? Start with the answers below.
IBM Rational Team Concert is used to plan, coordinate and track software delivery across teams. It combines work items, agile planning, source control, builds, defects and approvals so organisations can maintain traceability from requirements to release.
IBM Rational Team Concert is the former product name associated with IBM Engineering Workflow Management, or EWM. The capabilities evolved within IBM’s Jazz and Engineering Lifecycle Management portfolio, so a project may use both names in documentation and conversations.
RTC is often chosen when teams need tightly governed workflows, deep traceability and integration with IBM Rational or Engineering Lifecycle Management tools. Jira and Azure DevOps may offer a broader cloud ecosystem or different collaboration patterns, so the right choice depends on existing tools, compliance needs and delivery processes.
A capable IBM Rational Team Concert specialist may also bring Jazz administration, Git or Rational Team Concert source control, build automation, requirements management, quality management and reporting skills. Experience with APIs, integrations and data migration is valuable when the environment connects several lifecycle tools.
The scope matters more than a fixed time period. A simple workflow adjustment may need focused configuration knowledge, while a migration, enterprise rollout or integration programme calls for someone who has designed governance, handled dependencies and supported adoption across multiple teams.
IBM Rational Team Concert can be configured and supported remotely when access, environments and decision-makers are available online. On-site sessions can still help with process mapping, stakeholder workshops and training, while German and English language expectations should be agreed before the engagement.
Ask for concrete examples involving workflow design, permissions, integrations, reporting or migration rather than a tool-only résumé. A strong RTC professional explains design decisions clearly, tests changes safely, documents the configuration and connects technical work to delivery outcomes.
Clarify the product version or EWM transition, hosting model, connected tools, source control approach and the outcomes expected from the engagement. For IBM Rational Team Concert, it is also important to define access rights, environments, data ownership, documentation needs and who will maintain the solution after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects is 109 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 870 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 77% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (40%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects are Automotive (80%), Manufacturing (73%), and Information Technology (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used IBM Rational Team Concert in their recent projects are Product Development (93%), Project Management (93%), and Information Technology (87%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used IBM Rational Team Concert
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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