Senior Software Process Engineer

TEAM

Creating high-quality automated driving systems or advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is both challenging and urgent. 
To achieve this, it is crucial to meticulously design software architecture, development processes, environments, and testing methodologies.
Our team has two main objectives:
1. Establishing and improving software development standards to ensure engineers’ compliance with automotive industry standards.
2. Ensuring that development activities across teams are conducted properly, resulting in high-quality deliverables.
We believe that active engagement and effective communication, combined with expertise in international standards, process models, software technologies, and development management, are essential to drive these initiatives forward.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are seeking exceptional engineers to design and implement mechanisms that ensure the quality of our products. In this role, you will collaborate closely with diverse teams including system design, architecture, development, testing, project management, and other stakeholders across our group companies.
We value individuals who can work flexibly across teams to derive effective solutions, using their experience in software quality management. Building strong relationships with stakeholders is essential for success in this position.
You will report to the Team Lead of Global Process Engineering. This is a hybrid role, requiring at least three days per week in the office.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop company-wide software engineering standard
• Develop software engineering environment/toolchain
• Find issues with a wide view, extract essential issues, make a plan for solution. Visualize using graphical tools and implement process improvements based on data.
• Find the process that has to be improved from communication with engineers and suggest improved process and get agreement from engineers
• Build relationships with customers and suppliers to make a cooperative software engineering process

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience improving the system/software engineering process
• Experience of Japanese/US/Euro automotive OEM/supplier cultures
• 5 years of experience in the development of automotive software, or software tooling, for mass production vehicles in a Tier 1 or Tier 2 company
• Experience developing engineering manuals/templates
• Experience conducting system/software requirement analysis, static code analysis,
• Experience in building the process supporting tool across the toolchain and establishing it efficiently
• Fluency in English and Japanese language

NICE TO HAVES

• Artificial intelligence/Machine learning high-level knowledge to converse with machine learning engineers (e.g., concepts used in supervised learning, the difference between verification & test data, what is annotation, etc.)
• Knowledge of ISO standards related to quality and safety ( e.g., IATF 16949, ISO26262, PAS8800)
• Basic knowledge of prompt engineering for Generative AI
• Work experience related to software tool chain by using Python, Java, or SQL
• Work experience related to software quality metrics (e.g., Cyclomatic complexity)
• Experience in code analysis tools like Understand, Lattix, and Polyspace
• Experience in Requirement management tools like DOORS, Jama, and Reqtify
• Experience in MBSE tools like CATIA Magic
• Experience leading project management like PMO
• Skills in team management of Agile/scrum development by using Jira/Confluence
• Experience in software process improvement according to Automotive-SPICE