Solution Train Engineer
A SAFe role facilitating Solution Trains (multiple ARTs coordinating on one large solution).
The STE is to a Solution Train what the RTE is to an ART — chief facilitator, flow steward, dependency manager — but at the Large Solution configuration level (typically 125–500+ people).
Across the Frameworks
Scrum
AbsentNo equivalent in this framework.
SAFe
NativeSolution Train Engineer
Exists only in Large Solution SAFe.
LeSS
AbsentLeSS Huge uses a different structure (Requirement Areas).
Nexus
AbsentOut of scope above 9 teams.
Related Terms
Present in SAFe.